This Is The LONGEST Train Trip You Can Take in Tokyo!

This Is The LONGEST Train Trip You Can Take in Tokyo!

All right, good morning everyone. Hope you’re having a fantastic day so far. Today I’ll be taking the train from Tokyo’s eastern most train station to the westernmost station. I am currently here at Shinozaki station which is the eastern most train station in all of Tokyo. And from here I’ll be making my way to the westernmost one. Unfortunately it is raining but here is the overall vibe around the station. This station is located in Erogawa ward and the tollway Shinjuku line stops here. So, I actually found an interesting route where I can go from here all the way to the western most station without going through any ticket gates along the way. By the end of this video, you’ll know what the westernmost train station in Tokyo is, how long it will actually take to get there, and the difference in vibe between the eastern most train station and the western most train station. The first thing we’ll do is to get on the tollway Shinjuku line and head towards Shinjuku. Okay, this is the train I’m going to take. and heads towards Ko Tamasento. So, I’m starting this trip at Shinosaki station on the Tolli Shinjuku line and going to be heading towards Shinjuku station. Filming inside a subway is usually not exciting because all you see is tunnels and your own reflection. But about 10 minutes on the train heading towards Shinjuku, the train rises onto elevated tracks and that’s where it reaches Higashi Ojima Station. This station is built directly above the river. The platforms are suspended between the river banks with open air views on both sides. This is actually a pretty cool train station. But after leaving this one, the train goes back underground and we’re back to seeing tunnels and your own reflection until I get off the train. I just got off at Kadansa station and the next train I’m going to take is a Tokyo Metro Tai line. So a quick fun fact about this station. This station is one of the few stations where you can transfer between Tollway and Tokyo Metro without going through ticket gates. The next train I’m going to take is this toy line heading towards Nakano station. After transferring at Kudancha, I continued west on the Tokyo Metro Toza line. Just like the Tolli Shinjuku line for most of the ride, the train stays underground with no outside views. But nearing Nakono, the line rises onto elevated tracks. That’s where the Toza line merges with the JR East Tua line and the Chu Sou local line. Okay, we are here at Nakano station, which is the last stop of the Tozai line. And from here, we’re going to be transferring to the JR Chua line. But the train I want to take comes at 12:54. It is 12:38 right now. So, I have 16 minutes. So, I can actually eat and drink at the next Cha line I’m going to take. So, I’m going to get something to eat for lunch. And I looked up at the map, but they should have the iconic Beex Coffee, which is a coffee brand by JR East. It said on JR website that Beex Coffee should be inside the train station. Oh, here it is. Beex Coffee Shop. Congrats to my food. Okay, so the next train I’ll be taking is the Chu Special Rapid Express heading towards Miss Station. And to head there, I’m actually going to be using the Chu green car seats. In the past, I made a video of me riding those green car seats, but that was during the free trial period. So, this will be the first time where I’ll be riding the paid one. All right, here is the train. One thing I’m worried is that it’s it’s nonreserved seats. So, if it’s crowded, then there’s a chance where I can’t sit down and just have to stand up for the rest of the trip. [Music] We’re good. It’s open. [Music] This is confusing because green means someone’s using it and red means it’s open. [Music] From Nakano station, I rode the true line OME special rapid train heading towards OM using green car seats. The Special Rapid is a faster service than the regular Rapid. It skips more stations and mainly stops at major hubs. Green cars on JRE East commuter lines are non-reserved premium cars, mainly made for those who want to commute with more comfort. You need a separate green card ticket, and you can sit in any available seat. The price depends on how far you’re going and how you buy the ticket. If you travel up to 50 km, it costs 750 yen when using Sika. But if you buy a paper ticket or purchase it on board, it goes up to 1,10 yen. For rides up to 100 km, it’s 1,000 yen or 1,260 yen with a paper ticket. And for trips over 101 km, it’s 1,550 yen or 1,810 yen for a paper ticket. If the car is full and you can’t find a seat, you still have to pay the green car fair even though you’re just standing in the deck area. But in that case, you can actually ask the train crew to move to the regular car. They give you a slip showing that you didn’t use the green card seat and you can take that with your green card ticket to any staff JRE station and get a full refund without a service fee. Soon after Nakano, we passed Nishio station. This is the last station on this line that’s still inside Tokyo’s 23 special wards. From here, we enter the Tama region which makes up the rest of Tokyo. Next is Kijiji Station which is known to be one of the more popular places to live in Tokyo. You have the Chuo rapid line which takes you to Shinjuku and Tokyo and even the Ko Inokoshida line that takes you to Shibuya. But the special rapid train doesn’t stop at this station. It instead stops at the station next to it called Mitaka, which honestly surprised me at first. [Music] The reason why this train stops at Mitaka is because it’s a major train depot where many trains are stored and maintained and is also the last stop for the Chuosobu local line. This is an Old Line special rapid service train for Old. Then we’re going to be passing by Musashi Sakai station. You can transfer here to the Sabu Tamagago line which is a unique Sabu line that doesn’t connect to the rest of the Sabu network. I’m going to go throw this away and maybe show you around. There’s the trash can. It’s a very small, narrow bathroom. I can’t buy. I guess I can show you what it looks like to be. This is the ground level series. I don’t think there’s no point going into the other cork. And then there’s also the ground level ones. Let’s just go through here. [Music] The next station is there’s less people. the number line and all stations beyond. Now we are here at Tatikawa station where the line splits. One side keeps going on the Chu main line and the other one becomes the OM line which we’re going to be going on. [Music] [Music] The next station is JC55. This is Hyima station which is one of the biggest transfer points on the Omi line. You can get off here to transfer to the JRK line, the JR Hutchko line and the Sabu Hyima line. I don’t think we’re going to make this. You don’t think we’re going to make this one? The next terminal. All right, it’s time for me to act like a main character for once. Uh because no one is on this car except me. Well, at least on the second floor. So, I guess now I can give you like a overall vibe tour. These seats were pretty comfy. Oh, we’re here already. Never mind. Main character mode is now done. I got to get out of here. But back to seat. Okay, then throw my trash away. Okay, we are here at station and the train on the left side is the next train I’m going to take and this is heading to Okama which is the western most train station in Japan. As of 2025, there are no trains that run directly between Tokyo to Okotama. Once we get to Ome, we’ll have to get off the train to transfer to another train that runs between Ome and Okama. This section between Ome to Okotama is also known as the Tokyo Adventure Line. The ride to the end takes about 35 to 40 minutes. The train is just four cars and moves slower. Right after leaving OM, the scenery changes. we start to see fewer buildings and more trees. The line becomes single track most of the time. It dips in and out of short tunnels and crosses narrow bridge. And there are times where you can see the Tama River on the left side of the train. [Music] We are now stopping at Shidomato station which is known to be the least huge train station in Tokyo. It is also one station away from Okatama. A unique part about this station is this white dome thing on the platform. The direct translation of the station is white circle. So I thought it was interesting to see like a white shaped circle dome thing on the platform. And after leaving Shidomaru station, we are finally going to arrive at Okotama, which is the western most train station in Tokyo. Open. Thank you for traveling with us and we look forward to serving you again. Please watch your step when you leave the train. [Music] All right, we are here at Okama Station, which is the western most train station in Tokyo. The fact that this is part of Tokyo, it’s kind of mind-blowing. Here’s the other side of the platform. Yeah, it’s just mountains. What is show 19? Just to remind you, this is the first time I’m going to be actually using these ticket gates ever since I got on. How much does it cost? 1,399 yen, but that excludes the green car fair, which was 750 yen. So, it was like 2,000 yen. Oh, what the heck is that? A dragonfly. Oh, it’s a sizz sparrow. That’s cute. Is that your nest? What is that? Ew. Looks like puke. If that’s your nest, I’m very sorry. I called your nest. Your home puke. What? What are you doing? You’re just like, oh. Oh, it’s just like flying around chilling around this area. Hopefully I read that well. There’s bears around here, believe it or not. Well, I mean, well, it’s not that surprising considering that we’re around mountains. And this is the station sign. It’s pretty cool. There’s a small uh what is that called? Tori gate. And the bathroom. The bathroom is not inside the station. It is outside. I think is this a com? I wouldn’t call this a combining, but it sells like beer, drinks, snacks, western and Japanese snacks. Says that’s cool. Just to give you a better perspective of where we are. Yeah, this is Okama Station. And you zoom out like this. And yeah, we’re like in the middle of the mountains. This stripe looking thing is the Tokyo border. So I think this is Tokyo. This is Saitama and this is Yamanashi. And there’s only one Kini nearby the station and it’s called Times Mart. It’s not even 711, Family, Lawson, or what is that called? Mini Stop. I don’t think it’s even open 24 hours. Yeah, it closes at 8:00 p.m. What time does it open? So, opens from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Oh, it closes on Sunday, too. Damn. Oh, there goes my train that I took. Thank you for taking me here. So, usually it comes once every 30 to 40 minutes. Well, what time is it now? It is 2:40. Okay, the next one’s coming at 3:21 p.m. So, we have about 41 minutes. What is a coffee cafe store, a food store? I didn’t know there’s this many stores around here. There’s like kids running around playing hide-and-seek or something. Oh, this is it. This is like the egg store. I think Japanese style omelette. I would have got one if I was hungry. Oh, they have ice cream. Maybe I can get ice cream. Oh, but most of the ice cream is sold out. Roasted caramel. That sounds so good. Just eat right here. In the past, I made a video of me walking alongside the Okutama old road that leads to the Okutama Lake. I think that was at least a 3 to four mile hike. It was pretty cool because you can see abandoned tracks alongside and I saw monkeys and the monkeys weren’t aggressive thankfully. They just ran away and when they saw me, they’re looking at me. It’s like a kid whose hair is like fully brown. Kind of interesting to see Japanese kids dying their hair like straight up brown. It’s more brown than my hair. I got to cut my hair soon. Look at that. My black hair is growing out. So, it’s going to look weird in a couple weeks. Okay, so I took the train from Shinoaki Station, which is the eastern most train station, all the way to Okama, which is the western most station. And it took me 2 hours and 44 minutes to get here. But actually, if you time it right, you can get here within 2 hours and 30 minutes. The reason why it took 2 hours and 44 minutes for me is because I took the earlier toe Shinjuku line so that I can get to Nakano station earlier so that I have time to buy my coffee and my lunch at Beex’s Coffee. And now I’m just going to wait until my next train comes. All right, so that’ll be the end of the video. Hope you enjoyed it. The algorithm thinks you like this video over here, so feel free to check this video out as well. All right, thank you for watching. Bye-bye.

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Don’t read this caption below:
I rode trains from one end of Tokyo to the other without ever going through a ticket gate.

Starting way out east at Shinozaki Station, I took a mix of subway and JR lines all the way to Okutama, the westernmost station in Tokyo. Along the way, I passed through underground tunnels, rode above rivers, saw parts of Tokyo most people never visit, and even hopped on a Green Car for a more comfortable ride out west.

This video shows what it’s like to cross the entire city by train in one go. You’ll see stations built over water, quiet rural platforms, and the surprising shift in scenery as Tokyo slowly fades into the mountains.

If you’re curious about Tokyo trains, planning a trip, or just love chill rides with a view, this one’s for you.