Okachimachi Station

Okachimachi Station is a railway station in Taito, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as: “gare d’Okachimachi”, “JK29”, “JR御徒町駅”, “JY04”, “Okachimachi”, “Okachimachi Eki”, “Okachimachi-eki”, and “御徒町車站”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ameya-Yokocho and Tokyo National Museum.

Ameya-Yokocho

Marketplace

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Ameya-Yokochō, often shortened to Ameyoko, is an open-air market in the Taito Ward of Tokyo, Japan, located next to Ueno Station. The market is approximately 164,227 square feet in area, starting just behind the Yodobashi Camera building and following the Yamanote Line south until the Komuro building. Ameya-Yokocho is situated 340 metres north of Okachimachi Station.

Tokyo National Museum

Museum

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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 1¼ km north of Okachimachi Station.

Naka-okachimachi

Metro station

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Naka-okachimachi Station is a subway station on the Hibiya Line in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Naka-okachimachi is situated 150 metres east of Okachimachi Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ueno and Akihabara.

Ueno

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If you want to get a feel for old Tokyo, Ueno in the Taito district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like Ginza, but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.

Akihabara

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Akihabara, or Akiba in slang, is Tokyo's "Electric Town" on the eastern side of the central Chiyoda ward. The area houses thousands of shops selling every technological gadget you can imagine, from computers to gaming consoles and vacuums to DVDs, at reasonable prices.