Check out the map below, which shows hotels and VRBO rentals along the JR Yamanote Line train stations (marked in gold). The hotels featured in this post are marked with an ORANGE marker.

The Yamanote Line heads into the Akihabara district. Alamy If you grabbed a map of Tokyo and drew a ring around all the best bits, you would end up with the Yamanote Line – otherwise known as JY18.

The Yamanote Line is perhaps the best-known railway line in Japan. Its 30 stations, including the newly built Takanawa Gateway, encircle the heart of Tokyo and define the city’s multilayered ...

Train service on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line will be partially suspended this weekend as part of ongoing construction work at Shibuya Station.

A woman was slashed on her leg while traveling on the JR Yamanote line in Tokyo on Friday morning. According to a TBS report, the woman noticed blood seeping from a 10-cm horizontal cut in her pants ...

A Yamanote line passes near the scramble crossing outside Shibuya Station. (© Pixta) As urban analysts like to say, Tokyo is somewhat smaller than the sum of its parts.

According to locals, stopping at each station along this commuter rail loop is the best way to get to know the Japanese capital.

Earlier this week, roughly 20,000 Tokyo commuters were forced to wait when a 40-year-old woman jumped onto the tracks of the Yamanote Line, one of the city's busiest train lines, and began to run.

Mapping the Geek world: In keeping with the rail motif, Information Architects Japan has produced a map emulating that of the Tokyo subway system and detailing the world's top 200 Web sites ...

According to locals, stopping at each station along this commuter rail loop is the best way to get to know the Japanese capital.