Ginza Crossing: Location and Hours

The landmark intersection at Ginza 4-chome, anchored by the Wako clock tower. It is a public crossing with no admission.

Why visit

It is the symbolic center of Ginza — a meeting point framed by flagship stores and the Wako clock.

How to get there

The Ginza 4-chome crossing is the intersection watched over by the Wako clock tower. Ginza Station, served by the Ginza, Marunouchi, and Hibiya lines, has exits that surface on different corners. Follow signs for 4-chome or Wako if you want the clock in front of you rather than a department-store basement.

It is a public intersection. There is no gate. GO TOKYO's guide describes Ginza; the crossing itself is a road junction.

Hours & tickets

You can stand on the corner any time. The crossing does not sell tickets and does not close. Department stores around it publish their own hours, and several of them close earlier than a visitor expects, especially on a weekday evening. Checked Oct 2026: the store's posted hours are the retail schedule. The Wako clock is a landmark, not an admission desk.

Sunday pedestrian hours on Ginza-dori, when they are in effect, change the roadway next to this intersection. That rule is separate from the crossing and can be seasonal. Confirm it if an empty avenue is the plan.

• GO TOKYO, official Tokyo travel guide

Best time to visit

After dark the clock tower and the illuminated facades are the picture. Daytime is better if you are actually going into the stores, because you can see the goods. Weekend afternoons are the crowded version of both.

The intersection is a meeting point more than a visit. Use it to start a Ginza walk, then leave the corner.

How long to spend

Thirty minutes is the corner, the clock, and the decision about which street to walk. It does not fill an evening by itself. Kabukiza or Tsukiji Outer Market is the add-on that gives the half-day a point.

Tips

• •The Wako building dates to 1932 and survived the war.
• •The intersection is especially atmospheric after dark.
• •Use the crosswalk. The intersection is busy, and the clock photo is taken from the corner, not from the middle of the road.
• •Wako's building is the 1932 clock tower on the corner. If you are photographing a different flagship, you are on another block.

Nearby

Kabukiza is the theater to the southeast, in this same Ginza district, and Tsukiji Outer Market is the food walk farther toward the fish stalls. Tokyo Station's brick facade is north of here, still grouped with Ginza in this guide, and it is a separate walk along or under the avenues.

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