Kikukawa Station
S12 · Shinjuku Line · Sumida
Kikukawa Station (菊川)
Sumida has exactly one Toei Shinjuku Line station, and Kikukawa is it — also the southernmost station in the ward. It opened on 21 December 1978 and has kept a simple shape ever since: ticket gates and concourse on the first basement level, an island platform with two tracks on the second, signed S12, and four street entrances.
The station is set under the crossing of two Tokyo metropolitan routes, 319 (Mitsume-dori) and 50 (Shin-Ohashi-dori), which is why the exits are spread across the junction. Neighbors on either side are Morishita and Sumiyoshi, both under a minute or two of running time, and Shinjuku Line services continue beyond the subway onto Keio tracks, so a train waiting here may be signed for a suburb no subway map shows.
Finding Kikukawa on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Kikukawa
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Kikukawa
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjukuS12 towards Motoyawata | 05:20 – 00:22 to Ojima | 05:20 – 00:22 to Ojima |
| SShinjukuS12 towards Shinjuku | 05:05 – 00:08 | 05:05 – 00:08 |
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjuku | 15 trains/hour (about one every 4 min) | 11 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Transfers and connections
Only the Shinjuku Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SShinjuku | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Shinjuku Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A3. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Toei: every station has elevators and a street-gate-platform “1-route” is secured.
What is near Kikukawa Station?
Kikukawa is a neighborhood station in the shitamachi sense: the blocks above it mix shops, homes and light industry rather than offices, and the station exists mainly for the people who live there. Several small parks and children’s playgrounds lie within 350 m, the nearest barely 120 m from the gates, and Sumida Technical High School is about 380 m away. Toei buses stop at Kikukawa-Ekimae outside.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshichodoujou 錦糸町道場 | 340 m | about 5 min |
| 墨田区立 菊川三丁目こども広場 | 120 m | about 2 min |
| 菊川児童遊園 | 280 m | about 5 min |
| 墨田区立菊川橋児童遊園 | 280 m | about 4 min |
| 菊川公園 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| 森下四丁目児童遊園 | 340 m | about 5 min |
| 森下五丁目児童遊園 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| Sumida Technical High School 東京都立墨田工業高等学校 | 380 m | about 6 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The line crosses just this corner of the ward, and Kikukawa is both its only stop there and the southernmost station Sumida has. The stations on either side, Morishita and Sumiyoshi, are already in Koto.
The junction of Mitsume-dori and Shin-Ohashi-dori — Tokyo metropolitan routes 319 and 50. The station box was built under the intersection, so its four entrances come up around the crossing rather than in a single station building.