Kagurazaka Station
T05 · Tozai Line · Shinjuku
Kagurazaka Station (神楽坂)
The road above is narrow, and the station had to fit beneath it: Kagurazaka is built as two single platform faces stacked one above the other, platform 2 on the second basement level and platform 1 on the third, each with its own entrance at the end. Doors open on opposite sides of the train depending on which you are using. It opened on 23 December 1964 with the first section of the Tozai Line, between Takadanobaba and Kudanshita, as T05.
Exit 1b was completed on 30 March 2019, the old exit 1 becoming 1a, and departure melodies have played since 26 May 2015. The station stands in Yaraicho rather than on the slope it is named after – the Kagurazaka hill itself, and the old entertainment quarter along it, are closer to Iidabashi – and one effect of the station opening was to stretch what people mean by Kagurazaka up to here. No bus route calls at the station, which is unusual in this part of Shinjuku. The 2025 survey counted 41,072 entries and exits a day.
Finding Kagurazaka 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 Kagurazaka
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 Kagurazaka
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TTozai | 24 trains/hour (about one every 2.5 min) | 14 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 Tozai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTozai | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3 |
- Tozai Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Tokyo Metro: the “1-route” (step-free street-gate-platform path by elevator, slope, stair lift or wheelchair escalator) is complete at all 180 stations; a separate list shows stations with an elevator-only 1-route.
What is near Kagurazaka Station?
Akagi Shrine is about 160 m from the exits and its festival is the big event of the local year; Bishamonten, the temple of Zenkoku-ji, stands along the slope toward Iidabashi. The streets at this end are quiet and largely houses, turning into a shopping street as they run down toward the JR station. The publisher Shinchosha has its offices here, with la kagu, converted from its warehouse, nearby, and the Yarai Noh theatre and Session House, a dance space about 70 m away, keep the area’s performing-arts side going. Ryumonji is roughly 220 m off.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Akagi Shrine 赤城神社 | 160 m | about 3 min |
| Denchu-ji temple 田中寺 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| 正蔵院 | 160 m | about 3 min |
| 圓福寺 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| 長源寺 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| 法正寺 | 280 m | about 4 min |
| 安養寺 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| Ryumonji Temple 竜門寺 | 220 m | about 4 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.