The Yamanote Line: Crown Jewel of Tokyo’s Transportation System

Today the Yamanote’s 0-kilometer point is at Tokyo Station, between platforms 4 and 5, where the marker has stood since the station celebrated its fifty-fifth birthday in 1969. (© Pixta)

The only surviving railroad crossing on the Yamanote can be found between Tabata and Komagome Stations. (© Gianni Simone)

The pillars sustaining the roofs and arches connecting them at Tabata Station are actually disused, recycled rails. (© Gianni Simone)

The Yamanote Line’s 30 stations. (© Pixta)

The Manneken Pis statue in Hamamatsucho Station gets a different costume every month. (© Gianni Simone)

Uguisudani Station. (© Gianni Simone)

Newly built Takanawa Gateway Station, by the architect Kuma Kengo. (© Gianni Simone)