Hours, prices and access verified by the Tokyo Night Tours team — last checked 2026-09-28.
Tokyo night tours start from more than a dozen places, and Shinjuku Station
alone has many exits. Find the start printed on your Tokyo Night tickets booking here, with the
exit to use and what to look for when you arrive.
Every start point at a glance
Check your booking for the exact point first. Starts in the same district can still sit a
ten-minute walk apart.
Start point
Area
Who starts here
East Exit: the Lion statue or the police box
Shinjuku
The photography walk, the Shinjuku walks, the pachinko walk, the custom night out, the uni-students night
Yodobashi Camera, West Main Store
Nishi-Shinjuku
The one-hour Shinjuku photo shoot
McDonald's at Seibu-Shinjuku Station
Kabukicho
The Shinjuku and Shibuya photo tour
SHIBU HACHI BOX, by the Hachiko statue
Shibuya
The Shibuya rooftop walk
Under the Starbucks sign at QFRONT
Shibuya Crossing
The Shibuya photo shoot
Nitori, Koen-dori
Shibuya
The 8:30pm car-meet drive
Royal Host, Dogenzaka
Shibuya
The 7pm car-culture drive
Matsuya and My Curry, Sakuragaoka
Shibuya
The 7pm and 11:30pm car-meet drive
Harajuku Station Entrance bus stop
Jingumae
The 8pm car-meet drive
Tower Records Shibuya
Shibuya
The after-dark drive, or your address
Starbucks at atré Ueno, Hirokoji exit
Ueno
The tavern and ramen crawl
Bar Propaganda, 3-14-9 Roppongi, 2nd floor
Roppongi
The pub crawl
North Exit, by SAZA Coffee
Shimbashi
The wagyu dinner, 5pm
Ginza INZ 1, basement B1
Ginza
The sumo show
Etchujima Terminal
Koto, on the bay
The dinner cruise
Your hotel
Anywhere in Tokyo
The private drives and the sports-car drive
Kawasaki, Haneda or Yokohama
South of Tokyo
The factory-lights drive
Shinjuku Station East Exit: the Lion statue and the police box
This is the busiest start on the map. The photography walk, the Shinjuku backstreets walk,
the hidden-gems walk, the pachinko walk, the custom night out and the uni-students night all
meet here. Come out of the East Exit of JR Shinjuku Station at ground level.
The Lion statue stands in Miraion Lion Square, just outside the exit. The police box is a few
metres away. Your booking names one of the two, and your guide holds a sign with the operator's
name. The photography walk leaves at 5:30pm and asks you to be there 10 minutes early.
Two more Shinjuku starts: Nishi-Shinjuku and Kabukicho
The one-hour Shinjuku photo shoot starts on the west side of the station, outside the
Yodobashi Camera West Main Store. The free deck of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is
in the same district, if you want the view first.
The Shinjuku and Shibuya photo tour names the McDonald's at Seibu-Shinjuku Station, in
Kabukicho. Its instructions also mention Exit C3 of Shinjuku-sanchome. The operator confirms the
spot by message, so read it before you set off. From Kabukicho, Golden Gai and Omoide Yokocho
are a short walk.
Shibuya: the kerbs round the crossing
Shibuya's starts sit within a few minutes of the station. The Shibuya rooftop walk meets at
SHIBU HACHI BOX, next to the Hachiko statue. The Shibuya photo shoot meets under the Starbucks
sign at QFRONT, on the corner of the crossing.
The shared car-meet drives use kerbs where a van can stop. One meets outside Nitori on
Koen-dori, 10 minutes early. Another uses the Royal Host on Dogenzaka. A third meets outside
Matsuya and My Curry in Sakuragaoka, four minutes on foot from the station. The go-karts leave
from their own shop in Shibuya.
One car-meet drive meets in Harajuku instead, beside the "Harajuku Station Entrance" bus stop
in Jingumae. The after-dark drive can collect you at Tower Records Shibuya or at your
address.
Know where you are starting?
See the top night tours with the start point for each, and book the one nearest your hotel.
The tavern and ramen crawl meets in Ueno, outside the Starbucks at atré Ueno, beside the
Hirokoji exit of Ueno Station. It ends elsewhere in Ueno, not at the start.
The pub crawl starts at Bar Propaganda, on the 2nd floor of 3-14-9 Roppongi. Arrive by 7:30pm
for the 8pm welcome.
The wagyu dinner meets at 5pm at the North Exit of JR Shimbashi Station, by the black pillar
near SAZA Coffee. It ends near Ginza and Yurakucho. The sumo show is in the basement of Ginza
INZ 1, a minute from exit C9 of Ginza Station.
Etchujima Terminal for the dinner cruise
The yakatabune leaves from Etchujima Terminal, in Koto, on the water east of central Tokyo.
The meeting point varies with the option you book, so check your confirmation. You cross Tokyo
Bay to Odaiba and pass Rainbow Bridge on the way.
Hotel pickup, and the drive that starts outside Tokyo
The private driver-guided evenings and the Christmas-lights drive pick you up anywhere in
Tokyo: a hotel, a station, a shop or your home. The car-meet drive with a sports-car seat picks
up from your hotel or a set point in central Tokyo. One private drive collects in Tokyo or
Yokohama, and the customizable drive also at Haneda Airport.
The factory-lights drive is the exception. It picks up only in Kawasaki, Haneda or Yokohama,
south of Tokyo, and does not come into the city.
Map of the start points
Tokyo's night-tour starts Shinjuku
at the centre, with Shibuya, Roppongi, Ginza, Ueno and the bay around it
The map loads from Google only when you press the button. It opens on Shinjuku Station's East
Exit; zoom out for Shibuya to the south and the bay to the east.
Questions about getting there
Where do the tours start?
Most meet at a station exit, and Shinjuku Station's East Exit is the most common, at the Lion statue or the police box a few metres away. Others meet at a Shibuya kerb, in Ueno, Roppongi or Ginza, and the private drives pick you up at your hotel.
Where is the Lion statue at Shinjuku Station?
It stands in Miraion Lion Square, outside the East Exit of JR Shinjuku Station at ground level. The police box is a few metres away, and bookings name one or the other.
Where does the Tokyo night dinner cruise leave from?
From Etchujima Terminal on the bay, though the meeting point varies with the option you book. Check your confirmation for the exact place.
Do the private drives pick up outside Tokyo?
Some do. One drive picks up in Tokyo or Yokohama, the customizable drive also at Haneda Airport, and the factory-lights drive only in Kawasaki, Haneda or Yokohama.
Can I do a night tour on a Haneda layover?
The customizable private drive picks up and drops off at Haneda within its four hours. The Kawasaki factory-lights drive picks up only in Kawasaki, Haneda or Yokohama.
Where these facts come from
Every start point, meeting instruction and pickup area comes from the tour's own listing,
captured on 28 September 2026. The free deck's hours are the city government's own,
checked 28 September 2026.
A local guide walks you for two hours or more through the drinking lanes, Kabukicho and a shrine in Shinjuku, in a group of five at most. You meet by the police box outside the station's East Exit.
A private photoshoot that starts outside the big camera store in Nishi-Shinjuku and takes you to known and quieter photo spots. You get posing help, so you need no experience, and an online gallery kept for 30 days.
You meet by the Shibuya crossing at 8:30pm, ten minutes early, and ride out to the car meet with a night photo stop near the lattice tower. A host gives a safety briefing and stories about the car scene on the way.