Coin Lockers and Luggage Storage at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station

Survey date: July 6, 2022
Resurvey date: July 17, 2023

Tokyo Metro Ueno Station is a station on the Ginza and Hibiya Lines in Taito-ku, Tokyo.

It is connected to JR Ueno Station by stairs at Exits 8 and 9 on the Ginza Line side and an escalator between them, to Ueno Park by Exit 7, to Keisei Ueno Station by Exit 6, and to Ameya Yokocho by Exit 5b.

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There are a total of 4 coin lockers at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station

All coin lockers at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station are located outside the ticket gates: next to Exit 5b on the Ginza Line side, in front of the station office on the Hibiya Line side, and in front of the ticket gates and on the stairs on the north side of Showa-dori Avenue on the Hibiya Line side.

There are also coin lockers managed by JR East in the nearby underground passage.

Next to [A] Exit 5b

Coin lockers are located next to entrance 5b on the Ginza Line side.

Coin lockers seen from the Ginza Line ticket gate side

Small 400 yen (narrower in height): 12 pieces (all dedicated to transportation system IC cards)
Small 400 yen: 17 pieces
Medium 500 yen (narrower): 1 pieces
Medium 500 yen: 3 pieces
Medium 500 yen (long and wide): 1 piece (for use with transportation system IC cards only)
Large 700 yen: 3 pieces

There are large coin lockers, so you may be able to put in a large suitcase. Note, however, that the small and the medium-sized white coin lockers are narrower in length than the normal ones.

The brown coin locker on the right is exclusively for transportation system IC cards (except PiTaPa), while the white coin locker on the left accepts transportation system IC cards as well as coins and 1,000 yen bills for payment.

[B]In front of the station office

The station office is located on the Hibiya Line side.

The Ginza Line and Hibiya Line platforms are a short distance apart, so take the passage on the left side of Exit 5a.

Proceed down the passage on the left side of doorway 5a.

Turn left and coin lockers appear in front of the station office.

[B-1] Coin lockers in front of the station office

[B-2] Coin lockers in front of the station office

400 yen small: 8 pieces
500 yen medium (narrower in height): 3 pieces
500 yen medium: 12 pieces
700 yen large: 23 pieces

There are many large coin lockers here, and the medium-sized 500 yen lockers come in two sizes, so be careful when depositing your items. The small-sized lockers here are the normal size.

Both white and brown coin lockers accept payment in coins as well as 1,000 yen bills and transportation system IC cards except PiTaPa.

[C]In front of the ticket gate on the north side of Showa Street, at the top of the stairs

Continue along the passageway in front of the station office toward Exit 1 and 2, and you will see stairs and an elevator.

Coin lockers are located on the right side of the passageway at the top of the stairs and elevators.

Coin lockers are on the right side of the corridor at the top of the stairs and elevator.

[C-1] Coin lockers at the top of the stairs in front of the ticket gates on the north side of Showa Avenue

400 yen small: 4 pieces
500 yen medium (narrower in height): 3 pieces
700 yen large: 3 pieces

There are also large coin lockers here, although there are not many. The medium-sized lockers are narrower in length and width, so be careful when leaving your luggage in them.

In addition to coins, thousand-yen bills and transportation system IC cards (except PiTaPa) can be used for payment.

[D]In front of the restroom in the ticket gate in the direction of JR Ueno Station

Coin lockers are also located in the ticket gates for JR Ueno Station, which connect to the Ginza Line platform.

Ticket gates for JR Ueno Station connecting to the Ginza Line platform

There is a passage to the restroom next to the stairs to the platform for Ginza and Shibuya

Continue on down the passageway to the restrooms.

Coin lockers are located in the space to the left.

[D-1] Coin lockers in front of the restrooms at the ticket gate in the direction of JR Ueno Station

300 yen extra small: 10 pieces
400 yen small: 17 pieces
500 yen medium (narrower in height): 6 pieces
500 yen medium: 6 pieces
700 yen large: 6 pieces

There are large coin lockers, so large suitcases may be placed in them.

In addition to coins, thousand-yen bills and transportation system IC cards (except PiTaPa) can be used for payment.

Looking at the ticket gate from the coin locker side

Coin lockers at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station can be checked for availability.

You can check the availability of coin lockers at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station via the Tokyo Metro App or the following page.

Reference: Tokyo Metro Ueno Station coin locker availability

Notes on using coin lockers at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station

Coin lockers at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station are available from the first train to the last train.

The lockers can be used for a maximum of four days, and a daily fee will be charged after 2:00 a.m.

Please note that after the fifth day, the lockers will be transferred to the sales office in Kasumigaseki, where they will be stored for 30 days from the date of use before being disposed of.

Nearby coin lockers

If coin lockers at Tokyo Metro Ueno Station are not available, use the coin lockers at JR Ueno Station.

In particular, coin lockers in the underground passage are convenient because they are close to the Tokyo Metro station and can be accessed by escalators from and to the ground level.