EKIGATARIEvery station has a story to tell about its town.
EKIGATARI portrays each railway station as a person and tells you about the air and stories of its town. Find the stations near you and see each one's personality, town score and history in one place.
What you can do
Nearby stations
Stations sorted by distance from where you are, with an estimated walking time, plus a night-time route map of the tracks and stations around you.
Find a station
Search about 9,000 stations across Japan by name, and look up stations before you travel.
This station's personality
A short tale told by the station as a character, conveying the mood of its town.
Town score
Six star ratings: livability, bars, quiet, rent, first trains and late trains.
Station history
The year it opened, former place names, how the town grew, and redevelopment.
Line and town culture
Keywords that capture each town, such as vintage clothes, live music or used books.
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Stations across Japan
Read the tales of about 9,000 stations across Japan. These 175 major stations also have town scores and history.
- Shinjuku
- Shibuya
- Ikebukuro
- Nakano
- Koenji
- Kichijoji
- Ogikubo
- Tokyo
- Ueno
- Akihabara
- Kita-Senju
- Oimachi
- Jiyugaoka
- Naka-Meguro
- Shimokitazawa
- Sangenjaya
- Ebisu
- Shinagawa
- Omotesando
- Jimbocho
- Asakusa
- Monzen-Nakacho
- Otsuka
- Sapporo
- Odori
- Susukino
- Shin-Sapporo
- Otaru
- Hakodate
- Asahikawa
- Sendai
- Nagamachi
- Morioka
- Aomori
- Akita
- Yamagata
- Fukushima
- Koriyama
- Shimbashi
- Yurakucho
- Ginza
- Nihombashi
- Kanda
- Ochanomizu
- Iidabashi
- Yotsuya
- Akasaka-mitsuke
- Roppongi
- Azabu-juban
- Meguro
- Gotanda
- Kamata
- Futako-tamagawa
- Harajuku
- Yoyogi-Uehara
- Takadanobaba
- Sugamo
- Nippori
- Akabane
- Oji
- Kinshicho
- Oshiage
- Ryogoku
- Kiyosumi-shirakawa
- Tsukishima
- Toyosu
- Osaki
- Tachikawa
- Hachioji
- Mitaka
- Kokubunji
- Machida
- Nerima
- Kameari
- Shibamata
- Nishi-Ogikubo
- Asagaya
- Ningyocho
- Kagurazaka
- Sendagi
- Nagoya
- Sakae
- Kanayama
- Osu Kannon
- Fushimi
- Niigata
- Kanazawa
- Toyama
- Nagano
- Matsumoto
- Shizuoka
- Hamamatsu
- Gifu
- Kofu
- Yokohama
- Minatomirai
- Kannai
- Motomachi-Chukagai
- Sakuragicho
- Kawasaki
- Musashi-Kosugi
- Kamakura
- Center-Kita
- Fujisawa
- Odawara
- Shin-Yokohama
- Enoshima
- Omiya
- Urawa
- Kawagoe
- Tokorozawa
- Koshigaya
- Chiba
- Funabashi
- Kashiwa
- Maihama
- Matsudo
- Kaihin-Makuhari
- Utsunomiya
- Mito
- Tsukuba
- Takasaki
- Hiroshima
- Hondori
- Okayama
- Kurashiki
- Matsue
- Tottori
- Shimonoseki
- Onomichi
- Takamatsu
- Matsuyama-shi
- Tokushima
- Kochi
- Hakata
- Tenjin
- Nakasu-Kawabata
- Kokura
- Nishijin
- Nagasaki
- Kumamoto
- Oita
- Beppu
- Miyazaki
- Kagoshima-Chuo
- Saga
- Kenchomae
- Makishi
- Osaka
- Umeda
- Namba
- Shinsaibashi
- Tennoji
- Shin-Osaka
- Kyobashi
- Temma
- Tsuruhashi
- Bentencho
- Kyoto
- Kyoto-kawaramachi
- Gion-Shijo
- Arashiyama
- Demachiyanagi
- Sannomiya
- Motomachi
- Kobe
- Nishinomiya-kitaguchi
- Nara
- Wakayama
- Himeji
- Otsu
- Takarazuka
- Yodoyabashi
- Hommachi
- Karasuma Oike
About your location
Your location is used on your device to find nearby stations; your location itself is never sent to or stored on our servers. The basic features are free, with a banner ad (Google AdMob) at the bottom of the screen. A one-time Premium purchase removes the ads. No login is needed.