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Nishitokyo Shi
City in Kantō, Japan

Nishitokyo Shi

Nishitokyo is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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As of 1 January 2021, the city had an estimated population of 206,047, and a population density of 13,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 15.75 square kilometres (6.08 sq mi).

Get in

Getting to Nishitokyo Shi

The only train line running through the city is the Seibu Shinjuku Line (西武新宿線), which ends in Shinjuku to the east and Hon-Kawagoe to the west.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Skytower West Tokyo
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    DyDo Drinco Ice Arena
  2. 02
    Tamako Jitenshado
Eat

Where to eat

Restaurants are found in concentration near Tanashi Station.

  1. 01
    Abiskar
  2. 02
    Dropkick

    This restaurant specializes in okonomiyaki and has a well-stocked bar.

  3. 03
    RAJ

    An Indian restaurant that makes for a good late evening stop.

  4. 04
    Texas
  5. 05
    Ichikawa
How locals move

Getting around Nishitokyo Shi the local way

  • 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.
  • Get inThe main services from this terminal are: Ferries to the Izu and Ogasawara Islands leave from Takeshiba Terminal (竹芝客船ターミナル), adjacent to Takeshiba station on the Yurikamome line.
  • Get inInternational ferries and cargo ferries that also take passengers can leave from other terminals too, enquire with your shipping company.
  • Get aroundThe private lines are useful for day trips outside the city, and are usually slightly cheaper than JR.

From Wikivoyage: Tokyo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Sergey Galyonkin (CC BY-SA 2.0), Wikimedia Commons.