Overview

The Toei Arakawa Line (SA) runs from Minowabashi to Waseda over about 12.2 km and 30 stops. Its oldest section opened in 1911 under the Oji Electric Tramway, and the present Arakawa Line was consolidated in 1974; today it is one of only two surviving streetcar lines in Tokyo. Since 2017 it has carried the nickname "Tokyo Sakura Tram", and its pink cars thread through ordinary streets and residential blocks at a pace no subway can match.

Along the route

Setting off from the old shopping arcade and trackside roses of Minowabashi, the tram passes Machiya-ekimae and Arakawa-yuenchimae on its way to Oji-ekimae; just beyond it, Asukayama has been a cherry-blossom spot since the Edo period. Koshinzuka is a short walk from Sugamo's Togenuki Jizo shopping street, and after Otsuka-ekimae and Kishibojimmae the run ends in the student quarter around Waseda.

Why play it

Most of the 30 stop names are plain neighbourhood names ending in -mae or -chome, which makes this a great workout for steady rhythm on long, unglamorous readings — and the most everyday-feeling line in the game.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 東京さくらトラム(都電荒川線) — all 30 stops of it.

Operator
Toei Subway
Line symbol
SA
Stations
30
Shape
Terminal to terminal
Termini
三ノ輪橋 — 早稲田

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 402 keystrokes, an average of 13.4 per station. The longest name is 東池袋四丁目 (higashi-ikebukuro-yonchome) at 25 keystrokes; the shortest is 小台 (odai) at 4. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 2 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 12 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 1 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

1 of the 30 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Every station on the line

All 30 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#No.StationKanaRomaji
1SA01三ノ輪橋みのわばしminowabashi
2SA02荒川一中前あらかわいっちゅうまえarakawa-itchumae
3SA03荒川区役所前あらかわくやくしょまえarakawa-kuyakushomae
4SA04荒川二丁目あらかわにちょうめarakawa-nichome
5SA05荒川七丁目あらかわななちょうめarakawa-nanachome
6SA06町屋駅前まちやえきまえmachiya-ekimae
7SA07町屋二丁目まちやにちょうめmachiya-nichome
8SA08東尾久三丁目ひがしおぐさんちょうめhigashi-ogu-sanchome
9SA09熊野前くまのまえkumanomae
10SA10宮ノ前みやのまえmiyanomae
11SA11小台おだいodai
12SA12荒川遊園地前あらかわゆうえんちまえarakawa-yuenchimae
13SA13荒川車庫前あらかわしゃこまえarakawa-shakomae
14SA14梶原かじわらkajiwara
15SA15栄町さかえちょうsakaecho
16SA16王子駅前おうじえきまえoji-ekimae
17SA17飛鳥山あすかやまasukayama
18SA18滝野川一丁目たきのがわいっちょうめtakinogawa-icchome
19SA19西ヶ原四丁目にしがはらよんちょうめnishigahara-yonchome
20SA20新庚申塚しんこうしんづかshin-koshinzuka
21SA21庚申塚こうしんづかkoshinzuka
22SA22巣鴨新田すがもしんでんsugamo-shinden
23SA23大塚駅前おおつかえきまえotsuka-ekimae
24SA24向原むこうはらmukohara
25SA25東池袋四丁目ひがしいけぶくろよんちょうめhigashi-ikebukuro-yonchome
26SA26都電雑司ヶ谷とでんぞうしがやtoden-zoshigaya
27SA27鬼子母神前きしぼじんまえkishibojimmae
28SA28学習院下がくしゅういんしたgakushuin-shita
29SA29面影橋おもかげばしomokagebashi
30SA30早稲田わせだwaseda