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Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: all 16 stations from Wakoshi to Shibuya

Tokyo Metro's newest and deepest line, the only one that links Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya. 16 stations, 188 letters.

Hanazono Shrine, near Shinjuku-sanchome on the Fukutoshin Line
Photo: Stephen Kelly · CC BY 2.0

The Fukutoshin Line opened on June 14, 2008. It is the newest of Tokyo Metro's lines and the deepest, running on average 27 metres underground, and it is the only line that connects all three of Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya. It shares its tracks with the Yurakucho Line between Wakoshi and Kotake-mukaihara, and since March 16, 2013 its trains have run through at Shibuya onto the Tokyu Toyoko Line and the Minatomirai Line.

Station by station

Leaving Wakoshi, the Fukutoshin Line stops at Chikatetsu-narimasu, Chikatetsu-akatsuka, Heiwadai, Hikawadai, Kotake-mukaihara, Senkawa, Kanamecho, Ikebukuro, Zoshigaya, Nishi-waseda, Higashi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-sanchome, Kita-sando, Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' and Shibuya.

Johoku Chuo Park, near Kotake-mukaihara station
Johoku Chuo Park, close to Kotake-mukaihara.Photo: koji_h · CC BY-SA 3.0

Connections and typing

Of the 16 stations, 13 are shared with other lines in the game. The biggest are Ikebukuro (Marunouchi, Yurakucho, Yamanote), Shibuya (Ginza, Hanzomon, Yamanote), Shinjuku-sanchome (Marunouchi, Shinjuku), Wakoshi (Yurakucho), Chikatetsu-narimasu (Yurakucho) and Chikatetsu-akatsuka (Yurakucho). One full ride takes 188 letters in romaji, about 11.8 per station. Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' is the longest at 21, then Chikatetsu-narimasu at 18, and Wakoshi, Senkawa and Shibuya are the shortest at 7. Play the Fukutoshin Line.

Common questions

How many stations does the Fukutoshin Line have in HelloSubway?

16 stations, from Wakoshi to Shibuya.

Where can I change from the Fukutoshin Line to another line?

13 of its stations are shared with other lines in the game, including Wakoshi, Chikatetsu-narimasu, Chikatetsu-akatsuka, Heiwadai, Hikawadai, Kotake-mukaihara.

How hard is the Fukutoshin Line to type?

Typing every station once takes 188 letters, about 11.8 per station. The longest name is Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' at 21. The game rates it level 2 of 7 among the lines of its city.

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