Aoyama-Itchome Station

Traveler highlights

Aoyama-itchome Station is notable not simply as a stop, but as a transfer station where Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway meet, serving the Ginza Line, Hanzomon Line, and Oedo Line. The station’s history goes back to the Tokyo Rapid Railway era, and it later went through multiple route handovers and expansions, leaving layers of transit history visible throughout the station. Although its name is “Aoyama-itchome,” there has never been a place of the same name, past or present, and that slightly paradoxical naming is something many travelers notice. When you visit in person…