Suginami
Suginami is one of the 23 special wards in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.

Suginami is one of the 23 special wards in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English.
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Worth seeing in and around Suginami
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is a 204-metre-tall, 50-story educational facility located in the Nishi-Shinjuku district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The building was designed by a team led by Paul Noritaka Tange, the son of Kenzo Tange.
5.5 km · building in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Waseda University
Waseda University, abbreviated as Waseda or Sōdai, is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the eighth and eleventh prime minister of Japan, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.
7.6 km · private university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Yasukuni Shrine
Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954.
9.6 km · Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Japan National Stadium
The National Stadium, alternatively Olympic Stadium, currently known as MUFG Stadium for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as New National Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Opened in 2019 and originally constructed for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, it hosted the ceremonies and track and field events.
7.5 km · stadium in Kasumigaoka, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Meiji Jingū
Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at Fushimi-momoyama, south of Kyoto.
6.2 km · Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 06National Stadium in Tokyo
The former National Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The stadium served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as being the venue for track and field events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
7.5 km · defunct multi-purpose stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Sophia University
Sophia University is a private Jesuit research university in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1913 by the Jesuits, it was granted university status in 1928, becoming the first Catholic university in Japan.
8.8 km · private university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, also referred to as the Tochō for short, is the seat of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which governs the special wards, cities, towns, and villages that constitute the Tokyo Metropolis. Located in Shinjuku ward, the building was designed by architect Kenzo Tange.
5.1 km · building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Tokyo Mosque
The Tokyo Mosque, also known as Tokyo Camii, is a mosque with an adjoining Turkish culture center located in the Ōyama-chō district of Shibuya ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the largest mosque in Japan.
5 km · mosque in Japan · Wikipedia - 10Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Yoyogi National Stadium, also known as Yoyogi National Gymnasium, is a sports facility at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It consists of a 'First Gymnasium', famous for its suspension roof design, and a 'Second Gymnasium', also referred to as the "Annex".
6.8 km · arena in Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Suginami
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 22 km · Narita (NRT), 68 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 88 km
- Stations
- Shinjuku Station, 5.8 km · Shibuya Station, 7.4 km · Ikebukuro Station, 7.6 km
- Narita → Suginami47 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · ¥800–1,100
- Omitama → Suginami7 km · quickest by road, 22 min · ¥100–135
- Makinohara / Shimada → Suginami244 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · ¥3,210–4,380
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Suginami
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Suginami. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHitchhiking into Tokyo is pretty easy, but hitchhiking out is considerably more difficult.
- Get inIt's definitely possible for determined cheapskates though, see Hitchhiking in Japan for a detailed list of tested escape routes from the city.
- Get inKokusai Kogyo Bus (国際興業バス) Keisei Bus (京成バス) Keikyu Bus (京急バス) Keio Bus (Japanese Website) (京王バス) Kanto Bus (関東バス) Nishi Tokyo Bus (Japanese Website) (西東京バス) Odakyu Bus (Japanese Website) (小田急バス) Odakyu Highway Bus (小田急ハイウェイバス) Seibu Bus (西武バス) Tobu Bus (Japanese Website) (東武バス) Tohoku Kyuko Bus (東北急行バス) One of the great ports of the world, Tokyo also has domestic ferry services to other points in Japan.
- Get inHowever, none of the regular international ferries to Japan call at Tokyo.
- Get inThe main long-distance ferry terminal is , on an artificial island adjacent to Odaiba in Tokyo Bay.
From Wikivoyage: Tokyo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Suginami – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Suginami
Suginami is 3 km from Nakano, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tokyocapital and largest city of Japan5.1 km
- Shinjukuspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan6.1 km
- Shibuyaspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan6.8 km
- Setagayaspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan6.1 km
- Toshimaspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan7.8 km
- Musashinocity in Tokyo, Japan6.7 km