Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: all 19 stations from Shibuya to Asakusa
Asia's oldest subway line links Shibuya, Ginza, Ueno and Asakusa. 19 stations, and 175 letters to type in romaji.
October 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The Ginza Line is the orange line and the oldest subway in Asia. Its first stretch opened on December 30, 1927, between Ueno and Asakusa, and it reached Shimbashi in 1934. A second company, the Tokyo Rapid Railway, built its own subway from Shibuya to Shimbashi, finished in 1939, and the two companies merged in 1941. It has no branches.
The stations
From Shibuya the line runs Omote-sando, Gaiemmae, Aoyama-itchome, Akasaka-mitsuke, Tameike-sanno, Toranomon, Shimbashi, Ginza, Kyobashi, Nihombashi, Mitsukoshimae, Kanda, Suehirocho, Ueno-hirokoji, Ueno, Inaricho, Tawaramachi and Asakusa.
Transfers
Eleven of the 19 stations are shared with other lines in the game: Shibuya, Omote-sando, Aoyama-itchome, Akasaka-mitsuke, Shimbashi, Ginza, Nihombashi, Mitsukoshimae, Kanda, Ueno and Asakusa. Shibuya, Shimbashi, Kanda and Ueno connect to the JR Yamanote Line.
Typing it
In HelloSubway you type Tokyo names in romaji, and the game accepts common spellings such as shi or si. The Ginza Line takes 175 letters in all, about nine per station, which makes it one of the easiest Tokyo lines. Akasaka-mitsuke is the longest at 14 letters, then Aoyama-itchome and Mitsukoshimae at 13, and Ueno the shortest at four. How the romaji input works is explained in typing Japanese station names, and the places along the line are in the Ginza Line in photos. Start the Ginza Line.
Common questions
How many stations does the Ginza Line have in HelloSubway?
19 stations, from Shibuya to Asakusa.
Where can I change from the Ginza Line to another line?
11 of its stations are shared with other lines in the game, including Shibuya, Omote-sando, Aoyama-itchome, Akasaka-mitsuke, Shimbashi, Ginza.
How hard is the Ginza Line to type?
Typing every station once takes 175 letters, about 9.2 per station. The longest name is Akasaka-mitsuke at 14. The game rates it level 1 of 7 among the lines of its city.
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