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Tokyo JR Yamanote Line

Feb 17th, 2008 by Neil

Anyone spending even the smallest amount of time in Tokyo would know the rail system here is extensive to say the least. For me, living in Yoyogi, the JR Yamanote Line, is the easiest and the line i use most when getting out and about on the weekends. I haven’t fallen asleep on the train for quite a while but if you were to fall asleep and miss your station this is the one to do it on, it’s a continuous loop.

The Yamanote Line (山手線 Yamanote-sen) of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) is one of Tokyo’s busiest and most important commuter lines. Running as a circle, it connects most of Tokyo’s major stations and urban centres including the Yūrakuchō area, Shibuya, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro with all but two of its 29 stations connecting with other railway or underground (subway) lines.

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JR Yamanote Line

Having said it’s my most frequently used i neglected to say it’s the same places visited each time, Shibuya, Harajuku and occasionally Akihabara. So in an effort to see more of the 29 suburbs the live services i’ve decided to visit each one over the course of the next 12 months, hopefully 1 each weekend.

I had originally thought of doing it in a clockwise direction however i’ve re jigged my plan t do it alphabetically …. so the first cab off the rank is Akihabara.

I had a false start with Akihabara today having made my way out there only to realise my Canon Camera was almost flat, i’ll try again next week. What you can expect when i head back out there with a charged camera is hopefully a few idol sightings, bikes with big handle bars and a television built in to the back of it, lots of technology and youths in cosplay entertaining the passers by.

OK, so now i’ve revised the post on the 5th of March to include the order in which i’ll visit the stations, here it is;

Akihabara, Ebisu, Gotanda, Hamamatsucho, Harajuku, Ikebukuro, Kanda, Komagome, Meguro, Mejiro, Nippori, Nishi-Nippori, Okachimachi, Osaki, Otsuka, Shibuya, Shimbashi, Shinagawa, Shinjuku, Shin-Okubo, Sugamo, Tabata, Takadanobaba, Tamachi, Tokyo, Ueno, Uguisudani, Yoyogi, Yurakucho

Akihabara

Akihabara

Akihabara

Akihabara Cosplay

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2008-02-17 21:12:06

Tokyo JR Yamanote Line | Neil Duckett…

Anyone spending even the smallest amount of time in Tokyo would know the rail system here is extensive to say the least. For me, living in Yoyogi, the JR Yamanote Line, is the easiest and the line i use most when getting out and about on the weekends. …

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Comment by Shane
2008-02-18 04:11:27

Great idea Neil! I’ll look forward to your posts and the accompanying photos.

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Comment by Contamination
2008-02-18 12:49:51

Sounds like a smashing plan! If you could make your Ikebukuro visit on a Thursday / Friday I could meet you.

Actually, I could meet you at ANY of the stations if it was a Thursday / Friday (my regular days off). What do you say?

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Comment by Neil
2008-02-18 13:39:37

Thursday and Fridays i’m hard at work unfortunately … well physically at work at least … so it’s Saturdays or Sundays only for me, if i do get the chance tpo go mid week i’ll let you know though.

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Comment by Contamination
2008-02-19 02:40:10

Sure, keep it in mind,let me know a week before hand and I’ll be there.

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Comment by Kezia
2008-02-19 14:45:04

Some of my family who ever been to Japan told me about the sophisticated Japan’s technology, including the tranportation system. I want to be there and see it myself. Please tell to us about your experience visiting the suburbs…

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Comment by Neil
2008-02-19 15:10:00

It will be my pleasure.

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Comment by gabuchan
2008-02-19 15:08:24

If you really wanna see all the stations on the yamanote line, then do the walk with us in June. Last year, myself and Mari from Watashi to Tokyo blog walked the Yamanote loop in 12 hours on a saturday. Watch her blog or mine and you can join us this year!

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Comment by Neil
2008-02-19 15:11:06

Thanks Gabuchan …. that’s a fair effort walking that far! I might even be up for it you never know …. it certainly would be a good way to see it, a little more strenuous than taking the train though!

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Comment by neko
2008-02-20 02:57:56

Hi Neil,
what a great idea to visit all yamanote stations!
I might do that to when i’m back in japan this year, this way i gotta know a bit more places in tokyo.
Looking forward to hear from your visits.
jya

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Comment by Neil
2008-02-20 09:25:24

In only 128 more sleeps i see.

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Comment by neko
2008-02-20 14:44:31

LOL, yeah! I don’t know if it was a good idea to place a countdown on my blog… kind of reminds me every day “how long” i have to wait till i’m back in tokyo.
:)

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Comment by R.O.
2008-02-21 03:29:08

Ahh the Yamanote line. One time I was trying to get to Shibuya and I was two stops away. I made a mistake and got on the wrong train. I ended up taking 30 minutes to get there. And I thought I knew Japanese plus I am from NYC…..I look forward to getting back out there though.

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Pingback by JR Yamanote Line - Akihabara | Neil Duckett
2008-02-24 18:59:27

[...] week i came up with the idea to visit all 29 stops on the JR Yamanote Line. After a false start with a flat battery in my Digital Camera this week i [...]

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2008-03-04 10:15:07

[...] to get out and about and take photos. Rest assured, next weekend i will resume my travels on the JR Yamanote Line,  i certainly wasn’t in good enough shape to head down to Ebisu when i landed Sunday [...]

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2008-03-09 17:36:43

[...] week on the 29 Stops of the Yamanote Line it’s time for Gotanda, i haven’t been to Gotanda yet so i’m looking forward to [...]

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2008-03-18 20:28:19

[...] week on the 29 stops of the JR Yamanote Line i visited Gotanda, this was the first time i’d been to Gotanda and exactly the reason behind [...]

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2008-04-07 00:06:20

[...] 1 is a great choice, and a good excuse to link to Neil Duckett’s pottering about around the Yamanote Line in Tokyo, as I’ve done that a few times myself around areas I thought I was familiar with, but [...]

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