The plaza and red-brick Marunouchi building of Tokyo Station seen from above in autumn, with trees in yellow and red and office towers all round

The red-brick Marunouchi building of Tokyo Station with its domed corner roof, glass office towers behind and a blue sky

Clipped pines on a bare lawn at Kokyo Gaien with a wall of office towers behind

An ekiben stall signed 駅弁屋 beside a kiosk signed THE GIFT SHOP in a JR station concourse, travellers with suitcases at the counters

Tokyo Station and Marunouchi, Tokyo

Tokyo Station and Marunouchi: Where to Eat, What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Everything on the sights list is within about 15 minutes on foot of Tokyo Station, and most of it is on the Marunouchi (west) side. KITTE is about 1 minute from the Marunouchi South Exit, and Kokyo Gaien and Nijubashi are about 13 minutes on foot from the JR station.

Food sits in two places: the Yaesu side, with Tokyo Ramen Street and GRANSTA, and the Marunouchi side, with KITTE, the Marunouchi Building and the Shin-Marunouchi Building. Tokyo Station has no single station side, so the hotels are sorted by gate; four sit within about two minutes of one, including The Tokyo Station Hotel, directly connected to the Marunouchi South Exit.

Tokyo Station and Marunouchi: food, things to do, where to stay

Where to eat in Tokyo Station and MarunouchiTokyo Ramen Street · Nippon Gourmet Road · Tokyo Gourmet Zone
Things to do in Tokyo Station and MarunouchiTokyo Station Marunouchi Station Building · Tokyo Station Gallery · KITTE Garden (KITTE Marunouchi rooftop)
Where to stay in Tokyo Station and MarunouchiThe Tokyo Station Hotel · Hotel Metropolitan Marunouchi · Marunouchi Hotel

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