Omiya Station

Omiya Station

 

Omiya Station (大宮駅) is located in Omiya-ku of Saitama city, Saitama prefecture. It is the biggest terminal station in Saitama prefecture with many Shinkansen lines connected.

Since Omiya Station can be accessed easily from some big stations in Tokyo area, such as Shinjuku Station and Ikebukuro Station, people taking some Shinkansen lines use Omiya Station, instead of going to Tokyo Station.

Lines

Here are available lines at Saitama Station.
  • JR Shinkansen
    • Tohoku Shinkansen 
    • Joetsu Shinkansen
    • Hokuriku Shinkansen
    • Hokkaido Shinkansen
    • Yamagata Shinkansen
    • Akita Shinkansen
  • JR local line
    • Shonan-Shinjuku Line
    • Ueno-Tokyo Line
    • Keihin-Tohoku Line
    • Saikyo Line
    • Tohoku Main Line/Utsunomiya Line
    • Takasaki Line
    • Kawagoe Line
  • Saitama New Urban Transit
    • Ina Line
  • Tobu Railway
    • Tobu Urban Park Line


Access

From Airport

Airports for Saitama prefecture are Haneda International Airport and Narita Airport.
From Haneda International Airport, it is convenient to take Shinkansen from Tokyo Station.
From Narita Airport, it is convenient to take Shinkansen from Tokyo Station or Ueno Station.
 

From Major stations

  • From Ikebukuro Station
    • JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line
    • JR Saikyo Line
  • From Shinjuku Station
    • JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line
    • JR Saikyo Line
  • From Shibuya Station
    • JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line
    • JR Saikyo Line
  • From Kawagoe Station
    • JR Saikyo Line

 

Shops and Restaurants

As Omiya Station is located in the biggest commercial district, there are many shops and restaurants, including department stores, around the station.
Ecute Omiya is a commercial facility at Omiya Station. It has shops, bakeries, cafes, and restaurants. It is located inside of train gates. Therefore, this facility is convenient when transfer trains.
There is a department store, Lumine Omiya, directly connected to Omiya Station. It has shops of fashion, accessories, glasses, shoes, bags, cosmetics and more. Lumine Omiya also has cafes, restaurants, and shops selling sweets and food.

Omiya Marui is a department store located in front of Omiya Station and can be accessed by 2-minute walking from the station. It has many shops and restaurants/cafe.

Here are other department store and shops around Omiya Station.


Hotels

There are some hotels around Omiya Station.

 


Location



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