Morishita Station
S11 E13 · Shinjuku Line and Oedo Line · Koto
Morishita Station (森下)
When Toei dug the Shinjuku Line under Shin-Ohashi-dori in the 1970s it also built, in advance, the structure where a future line would cross underneath. That line took twenty-two years to arrive. S11 opened on 21 December 1978; the Oedo Line platform, E13, opened in the prepared box under Kiyosumi-dori on 12 December 2000, and the same day Morishita was promoted to an express stop on the Shinjuku Line, having been passed by expresses since they began in 1997.
Both lines have an island platform, and the two are genuinely stacked: a single elevator runs from the Kiyosumi-dori gates on the first basement level down to the Shinjuku Line platform on the second and the Oedo Line platform on the third, with a second elevator added on 21 December 2019. The addresses differ as well, the Shinjuku Line platform lying in Morishita 1-chome and the Oedo Line platform in 2-chome, which is a reminder of how far apart the two tunnels are.
Finding Morishita 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 Morishita
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 Morishita
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| SShinjukuS11 towards Motoyawata | 05:18 – 00:20 to Ojima | 05:18 – 00:20 to Ojima |
| SShinjukuS11 towards Shinjuku | 05:06 – 00:10 | 05:06 – 00:10 |
| EOedoE13 towards Tochomae | 05:09 – 00:52 to Kiyosumi-shirakawa | 05:09 – 00:52 to Kiyosumi-shirakawa |
| EOedoE13 towards Tochomae | 05:06 – 00:07 to Shin-okachimachi | 05:06 – 00:06 to Shin-okachimachi |
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?
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Transfers and connections
- Subway: transfer between Shinjuku Line and Oedo Line.
Accessibility
- Shinjuku Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A3, A6. 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 Morishita Station?
Morishita sits under the crossing of Shin-Ohashi-dori and Kiyosumi-dori in a shitamachi part of Koto, where mid-rise offices stand among apartment blocks and houses. Several sumo stables are in the neighborhood, Ryogoku being the next Oedo Line station. The Basho Museum, about 360 m from the exits, marks the poet’s association with the area; Fukagawa Shimmei Shrine is roughly 160 m away, Morishita Park around 240 m, and half a dozen small parks fill the gaps.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Fukagawa Shimmei Shrine 深川神明宮 | 160 m | about 3 min |
| Yanagawa 八名川 | 180 m | about 3 min |
| Morishita Park 森下公園 | 240 m | about 4 min |
| Children's Playground 森下三丁目第一児童遊園 | 300 m | about 5 min |
| Basho Museum 江東区芭蕉記念館 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| 五間堀 公園 | 210 m | about 3 min |
| 八名川公園 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| 菊一児童遊園 | 290 m | about 5 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
They do now. When express running started on the Shinjuku Line in 1997 this station was passed; it became an express stop on 12 December 2000, the day the Oedo Line platform opened and made Morishita an interchange.
Long before. While the Shinjuku Line station was under construction in the 1970s, the crossing structure for the later line was put in at the same time, so the Oedo Line platform of 2000 was slotted into a box that had been waiting more than twenty years.