Lines
This station is served by the following lines:
- Tokyo Metro
- Ginza Line
- Hibiya Line
- East Japan Railway Company
- Akita Shinkansen
- Nagano Shinkansen
- Jōetsu Shinkansen
- Tōhoku Shinkansen
- Yamagata Shinkansen
- Jōban Line
- Keihin-Tōhoku Line
- Takasaki Line
- Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
- Yamanote Line
As this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous tanka by Ishikawa Takuboku. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.
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