Shin-Okubo Station

Traveler highlights

Shin-Okubo Station itself is an elevated station served only by the Yamanote Line. Like the few other non-transfer stations on the line, what stands out here is not a complicated transfer flow, but the atmosphere of the neighborhood it connects to. Its name is often confused with nearby Okubo Station, and the station even uses signs and announcements to remind passengers not to go to the wrong one; this “similar name, close location” situation is one of the first things visitors notice. Once you leave the station…