Tokyo evening rush hour?

Question

when is it?

Answer 1

It is about 7and 8 pm.
By car, you don't have to take rush hour so seriously.
By train, it may be next to hell until you arrive to get in at rush hour. I experience it every day --;.
Most of the evening in Tokyo is rush hour, but I think 9 pm is little better.

Answer 2

There is a rush hour on the train system.

You could be forced to stand packed close on the train.

There are cars in central Tokyo, but i cant remember whether there are traffic jam problems or not. Roads in Japan tend to be either big multi carriageway roads or tiny backstreets that you can just get one car down.

The train system is extensive and very efficient. I would suggest travelling by train rather than driving. The platforms have yellow markings on where to stand and when the train pulls in, the doors always stop exactly at the markings.

When i was there, i had what was called a JR rail pass which allowed you to travel on any train without buying a ticket. This made it very easy to travel about when you dont speak the language. You could even travel on the bullet train, but you do have to arrange this first.

This was about 10 years ago now so things may have changes.

Answer 3

First of all, the real rush hour is from 7 to 9:30 AM. Morning rush hour is HELL.

Evening rush hour is not nearly as bad. The severity depends on where you are in the city. The Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines, for instance, are pretty much packed from 6 PM until midnight. But some of the subway lines are totally fine: I take the Hanzomon line going north/east, and the evenings are never really crowded. And with other lines it depends on which sector you're on. The Ginza Line, for example, is packed like sardines all night between Shibuya and Shinbashi, but the part between Shinbashi and Asakusa is basically empty most of the time.

Answer 4

Depends on the train.
The Saikyo Line was usually crowded from 7:00PM to at least 9:30PM.
Yamanote depending on which station you're going to and where you got on is mostly always crowded during the morning and night. (During the day it's not that bad)

Also the Odakyu line is usually always crowded as well.
I once got on the last train and was squeezed in between a 50 something businessman and a 20 something business woman for about an hour.
You'd think I faced the 20 something girl right?
WRONG! I faaced the 50 something guy because I didn't want the girl mistaking me for a perv. Rush hours suck.

Answer 5

5 to 7:30pm. Best to take the Green Car ticket or have dinner and wait it out. Getting packed into the train like a sardine is not a pleasant experiance.

Answer 6

There isn't much of an evening rush hour as Tokyoites tend to trickle home.

Answer 7

I didn't think that there would be many cars. But, looking at advertisements in T.V. it's busy always...............