Tokyo Metro Tozai Line: all 23 stations from Nakano to Nishi-Funabashi
The east-west line from Nakano under Otemachi and across the river into Chiba. 23 stations, 210 letters.
October 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The Tozai Line opened in stages from December 1964, and the last section, from Toyocho to Nishi-Funabashi, was finished on March 29, 1969. It was the first line of the Eidan, today's Tokyo Metro, to leave Tokyo for another prefecture, Chiba. At Nakano it connects to the JR Chuo Line and at Nishi-Funabashi to the JR Sobu Line.
Tozai means east-west, and the line does run almost straight across the city.
The route
Starting at Nakano, the Tozai Line runs through Ochiai, Takadanobaba, Waseda, Kagurazaka, Iidabashi, Kudanshita, Takebashi, Otemachi, Nihombashi, Kayabacho, Monzen-nakacho, Kiba, Toyocho, Minami-sunamachi, Nishi-kasai, Kasai, Urayasu, Minami-gyotoku, Gyotoku, Myoden, Baraki-nakayama and Nishi-Funabashi.
Changing trains, and typing it
Of the 23 stations, 7 are shared with other lines in the game: Takadanobaba (Yamanote), Iidabashi (Ōedo, Namboku, Yurakucho), Kudanshita (Hanzomon, Shinjuku), Otemachi (Marunouchi, Hanzomon, Mita, Chiyoda), Nihombashi (Ginza, Asakusa), Kayabacho (Hibiya) and Monzen-nakacho (Ōedo). The whole line takes 210 letters in romaji, about 9.1 per station. Minami-sunamachi is the longest at 15, then Baraki-nakayama at 14, and Kiba is the shortest at 4. Ride the Tozai Line.
Common questions
How many stations does the Tozai Line have in HelloSubway?
23 stations, from Nakano to Nishi-Funabashi.
Where can I change from the Tozai Line to another line?
7 of its stations are shared with other lines in the game, including Takadanobaba, Iidabashi, Kudanshita, Otemachi, Nihombashi, Kayabacho.
How hard is the Tozai Line to type?
Typing every station once takes 210 letters, about 9.1 per station. The longest name is Minami-sunamachi at 15. The game rates it level 2 of 7 among the lines of its city.
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