7 arenas and halls in Tokyo
- Four of the seven venues have no parking for event visitors.
- Tokyo Dome parking costs ¥400 per 30 minutes on weekdays and ¥500 on weekends, holidays and special dates.
- Yoyogi National Stadium has 104 spaces at ¥250 per 30 minutes, and Tokyo International Forum has 417 spaces at ¥200 per 30 minutes; both close at 23:30.
Going to a concert or an event at a big Tokyo venue? Walking distance from the station, parking and the way home differ a lot from one venue to the next. This guide compares seven venues: Tokyo Dome, Nippon Budokan, Yoyogi National Stadium, Ariake Arena, Tokyo Garden Theater, Tokyo International Forum and NHK Hall. It does not list performances. Doors and start times are set by each organizer, so check your ticket.
In short
- Only three venues have a car park for visitors: Tokyo Dome (3 car parks, 620 spaces), Tokyo International Forum (417 spaces) and Yoyogi National Stadium (104 spaces).
- Nippon Budokan, Ariake Arena and NHK Hall have no car park for visitors. Tokyo Garden Theater has none of its own and points to the Ariake Garden car park.
- The closest station is Yurakucho, a 1-minute walk from Tokyo International Forum. Budokan, Yoyogi and Tokyo Garden Theater are about 5 minutes on foot, Ariake Arena about 8 and NHK Hall 10.
- Car park rates rise on weekends, holidays and busy “special days” at Tokyo Dome and at Ariake Garden (the car park for Tokyo Garden Theater).
Checked with official pages on October 13, 2026.
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1. Seven venues compared in one table
Depends on the provider
Three of the seven have a car park for visitors, and four do not. Tap a venue name to jump to its section.
| Venue | Nearest station | Car park | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Dome | Suidobashi, Korakuen or Kasuga | 350 + 170 + 100 spaces; ¥400–¥500 per 30 min | Very crowded on holidays and event days |
| Nippon Budokan | Kudanshita, Exit 2: 5 min | None for visitors | Use Exit 1 or 3 on the way home if crowded |
| Yoyogi National Stadium | Harajuku or Meiji-jingumae: 5 min | 104 spaces; ¥250 per 30 min | Car park shuts at 23:30 |
| Ariake Arena | Shin-toyosu or Ariake-tennis-no-mori: about 8 min | None for event visitors | Different routes in and out |
| Tokyo Garden Theater | Ariake-tennis-no-mori, Exit 2A: 5 min | None of its own | Ariake Station can be crowded |
| Tokyo International Forum | Yurakucho: 1 min | 417 spaces; ¥200 per 30 min | Car park shuts at 23:30 |
| NHK Hall | Harajuku or Meiji-jingumae: 10 min | None | No cars or taxis into the grounds |
Walking times are the ones each venue gives. Tokyo Dome’s page lists its stations but no walking times.
2. What to know before you go
Depends on the provider
Four of the seven venues have no car park for event visitors, so plan on trains. Nippon Budokan and Ariake Arena both ask visitors to use public transport.
- Car park rates change by day. Tokyo Dome charges ¥400 per 30 minutes on weekdays and ¥500 on weekends, holidays and special dates. Ariake Garden’s car park, used for Tokyo Garden Theater, charges the weekend rate on some weekdays when nearby events are expected.
- Know when the car park closes. Tokyo Dome’s main car park closes at 23:00. Yoyogi and Tokyo International Forum close at 23:30, with no entry or exit outside those hours.
- Stations get crowded. Budokan and Tokyo Garden Theater name another exit or station to ease the crowding. Ariake Arena sets separate routes in and out because it stands among homes and schools.
- Some venues share a station area. Yoyogi National Stadium and NHK Hall are both within walking distance of Harajuku and Meiji-jingumae. Tokyo Garden Theater and Ariake Arena are both on foot from Ariake-tennis-no-mori on the Yurikamome line.
The official pages are mostly in Japanese. Tokyo Dome, Ariake Arena and Tokyo International Forum have English pages, and where an English page had less detail the Japanese page was used. None of these pages says whether staff speak English.
3. Tokyo Dome: 3 car parks, ¥400 per 30 minutes on weekdays
Depends on the provider
Tokyo Dome has three Mitsui Repark car parks with 620 spaces in total, at ¥400 per 30 minutes on weekdays and ¥500 on weekends, holidays and special dates. There is no daily maximum on weekdays. The official page says the car parks are very crowded on weekends, holidays and event days and recommends public transport (Parking).
The stations are JR Suidobashi (East and West exits), Suidobashi Exit A2 on the Toei Mita Line, Korakuen Exit 2 on the Marunouchi and Namboku lines, and Kasuga Exit 6 on the Toei Oedo Line. The West exit of JR Suidobashi has no elevator. From Korakuen Exit 2, the step-free route uses the elevator in LaQua up to the 2nd floor and then an overpass (Access).
By car, leave Shuto Expressway Route 5 at Iidabashi ramp if you come from Ikebukuro or Takashimadaira, or at Nishikanda ramp if you come from Ginza or Shinjuku. Then follow Sotobori-dori toward Akihabara.
- Tokyo Dome car park: 350 spaces, 7:00–23:00.
- LaQua car park: 170 spaces, open 24 hours.
- Tokyo Dome No. 2 car park: 100 spaces, 10:00–23:00, weekends and holidays only (it may open on weekdays for events). It charges ¥500 per 30 minutes on weekends, holidays and special dates.
- Motorcycles: 19 spaces, ¥200 per hour, open 24 hours.
- Size limits: cars up to 2.1 m high (2.0 m in some spaces). Large buses, including microbuses, cannot park.
You can reserve through Mitsui Repark’s “toppi!” service, which needs a free membership. “Daily use” is for weekdays with no Tokyo Dome event, and “event day use” is for designated event dates. Spending at participating stores and facilities on the same day lowers the parking charge, and receipts from several stores can be added together: ¥3,000 or more gives 1 hour off, and ¥25,000 or more gives 12 hours off. Keep your parking ticket, because the discount needs it.
| Name | Tokyo Dome |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo City |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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4. Nippon Budokan: no car park for visitors, 5 minutes from Kudanshita Exit 2
Depends on the provider
Nippon Budokan has no car park or bicycle parking for visitors and asks you to come by public transport. Take the Tokyo Metro Tozai or Hanzomon line or the Toei Shinjuku line to Kudanshita Station. Exit 2 is about 5 minutes on foot (Access).
If the station is crowded when you arrive, Exit 4 down the slope is available. On the way home, when the area around the station is crowded, cross the footbridge and use Exit 1 or 3. Takebashi Station on the Tozai line (Exit 1, about 12 minutes on foot) is another option when Kudanshita is expected to be crowded, according to the venue’s notice for concert visitors, dated June 23, 2026 (Notice for concert visitors, in Japanese).
By car, the page says to come along Uchibori-dori from the Chidorigafuchi side or the Takebashi side. Cars cannot enter from Yasukuni-dori.
The nearby Kitanomaru Park Third Car Park is not managed by Nippon Budokan. It has 259 spaces for regular cars at ¥600 per hour, with a daily maximum of ¥3,000. When there is an event in the park, cars pay a flat ¥3,000. It is open 8:30–17:00, and until 16:00 it is basically used for buses. On concert days, regular cars can enter from 1 hour before doors open. To park earlier, use the First or Second Car Park (8:30–22:00, last entry 18:30). The park’s car park office is on 03-3212-2321 (8:30–17:00).
Address: 2-3 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda City. Phone: the foundation’s temporary office, 03-3216-5100. Google Maps
| Name | Nippon Budokan |
|---|---|
| Address | 2-3 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda City |
| Phone | 03-3216-5100 (Nippon Budokan Foundation, temporary office, main line) |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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5. Yoyogi National Stadium: 104 spaces, ¥250 per 30 minutes
Depends on the provider
The First Gymnasium has 12,898 seats in total (up to 12,934), including 8,636 stand seats on the 1st and 2nd floors and up to 4,124 arena seats (First Gymnasium).
From JR Harajuku Station and Meiji-jingumae Station (Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines) it is 5 minutes on foot. From Yoyogi-koen Station (Chiyoda line) it is 10 minutes, and from JR Shibuya Station 15 minutes. The access page gives these as guides (Access). The Harajuku gate is the one closest to Harajuku Station.
The paid car park has 104 spaces for regular cars only, at ¥250 per 30 minutes, open 9:00–23:30. Entry and exit outside those hours and parking over several days are not allowed. Enter through the South Gate. Trucks and buses cannot park. Part or all of the car park is booked out when events are held on site; the October 13, 2026 notice lists full closures on Sunday, October 18 and Tuesday to Thursday, October 27–29 (Paid car park; Notices). The stadium also points to the Shibuya Ward Office public underground car park nearby. There is no bicycle parking for visitors to the First and Second gymnasiums.
| Name | Yoyogi National Stadium |
|---|---|
| Address | 2-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya City |
| Hours / Closed | Paid car park 9:00–23:30 |
| Phone | 03-3468-1171 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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6. Ariake Arena: no car park for event visitors, about 8 minutes from the station
Depends on the provider
Ariake Arena has no car park for event visitors, so use public transport. From Shin-toyosu Station or Ariake-tennis-no-mori Station on the Yurikamome line it is about 8 minutes on foot. From Kokusai-tenjijo Station or Shinonome Station on the Rinkai line it is about 17 minutes. From the “Ariake Tennis no Mori” stop of the Tokyo BRT it is about 8 minutes (Official site, English; Access, in Japanese).
The arena stands among homes and schools, so visitors are given one route to come in and a different route to leave. Check the route diagrams on the access page. The main arena holds up to about 15,000 seats, depending on the layout and with temporary seats on the arena floor (Main arena).
On event days, the Toei bus line 05-2 (Tokyo Station to Tokyo Big Sight) can be too full to board, the arena warns. A small car park (33 cars) is for sub-arena and restaurant users only, not for event visitors.
On Saturday, October 24, 2026, the Tokyo Bay fireworks festival is expected to bring large traffic controls and crowding around the arena, according to a notice dated October 13 on the arena’s site.
| Name | Ariake Arena |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-11-1 Ariake, Koto City |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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7. Tokyo Garden Theater: no car park of its own, about 5 minutes from Ariake-tennis-no-mori
Depends on the provider
Tokyo Garden Theater is a theater-style event hall for about 8,000 people, inside the Ariake Garden complex. By train, it is 4 minutes from Ariake Station (Exit 2B) and 5 minutes from Ariake-tennis-no-mori Station (Exit 2A) on the Yurikamome line, and 7 minutes from Kokusai-tenjijo Station (Exit A) on the Rinkai line. The theater recommends Ariake-tennis-no-mori over Ariake Station, which can be crowded. (Access, in Japanese)
The theater has no car park or bicycle parking just for its visitors. It points to the Ariake Garden car park, which cannot be reserved and is very crowded when events are held. The car park is open 24 hours, and the first hour after entry is free. Then it is ¥400 per 30 minutes on weekdays (up to ¥3,500 until midnight) and ¥500 per 30 minutes on weekends, holidays and “special days”, with no daily maximum. A special day is a weekday when nearby events are expected to make the car park crowded (Ariake Garden car park, in Japanese). Shopping-based discounts do not apply to theater tickets.
There is no taxi stand for theater visitors. Use the taxi stand in the bus terminal on the 1st floor of Ariake Garden. No taxis wait there, so call one from the tablet at the stand or from your phone.
The theater has posted a notice about traffic controls on Saturday, October 24, 2026, for the Tokyo Bay fireworks festival.
| Name | Tokyo Garden Theater |
|---|---|
| Address | 2-1-6 Ariake, Koto City |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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8. Tokyo International Forum: 1 minute from Yurakucho, 417 spaces at ¥200 per 30 minutes
Depends on the provider
Hall A has 5,012 seats (Hall A). It is a 1-minute walk from JR Yurakucho Station and 5 minutes from JR Tokyo Station, where the basement-level concourse connects with Tokyo Station on the Keiyo line. The Yurakucho subway station connects through the basement concourse. Other subway stations: Nijubashimae (Chiyoda line), Ginza (Marunouchi line) and Hibiya (Mita line) are 5 minutes on foot. Hibiya (Chiyoda line), Ginza and Kyobashi (Ginza line) are 7 minutes (Access).
The car park has 417 spaces for regular cars at ¥200 per 30 minutes, and it is open 7:00–23:30 every day. You cannot enter or leave outside those hours. Cars must be no more than 2.2 m high, 1.9 m wide and 5.4 m long. On weekdays (except holidays and the year-end and New Year period) there is a long-stay rate of ¥2,000 for 5 to 10 hours. Motorcycles have 10 spaces at ¥100 per 60 minutes. Dining of ¥5,000 or more at two restaurants in the building, Toutenkou and Sizzler, gives a 2-hour ticket (Parking, in Japanese).
| Name | Tokyo International Forum |
|---|---|
| Address | 3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City |
| Hours / Closed | Car park 7:00–23:30 (open daily) |
| Phone | 03-5221-9000 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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9. NHK Hall: no car park, 10 minutes from Harajuku, no cars into the grounds
Depends on the provider
NHK Hall has no car park, and cars and taxis are asked not to enter the grounds. NHK is limiting vehicle entry while its broadcasting center is rebuilt. Walk in from the Yoyogi Park zelkova avenue side. If you need to come by car because of a disability, contact the event organizer beforehand. For parking, the hall points to the Shibuya Ward Office public underground car park (03-5458-8801) (Access, in Japanese).
From JR Harajuku Station it is 10 minutes on foot. Leave by the West Exit, walk along Meiji Jingu toward Yoyogi Stadium, and the hall is ahead on the left. From Meiji-jingumae Station (Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines), Exit 2 is 10 minutes on foot, and right at the top of the stairs is the east side of Harajuku Station. From JR Shibuya Station and Yoyogi-koen Station (Chiyoda line) it is 15 minutes. The bus stop is “Shibuya Kuyakusho-mae” (渋谷区役所前). Wheelchair users and people who cannot use stairs are told to use the elevator at Meiji-jingumae Exit 2.
Address: 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya City. Phone: 03-3465-1751. Google Maps
| Name | NHK Hall |
|---|---|
| Address | 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya City |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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10. Which venue suits how you travel?
Depends on the provider
By car, only Tokyo Dome (620 spaces in 3 car parks), Tokyo International Forum (417) and Yoyogi National Stadium (104) have a car park for visitors. Nippon Budokan, Ariake Arena and NHK Hall have none, and Tokyo Garden Theater uses the Ariake Garden car park.
- By train, shortest walk: Tokyo International Forum is 1 minute from Yurakucho. Nippon Budokan, Yoyogi National Stadium and Tokyo Garden Theater are about 5 minutes, Ariake Arena about 8 and NHK Hall 10. Tokyo Dome’s page does not give walking times.
- Late finish: check when the car park closes before you drive. Yoyogi and the Forum close at 23:30 and Tokyo Dome’s main car park at 23:00. LaQua next to Tokyo Dome is open 24 hours, and so is the Ariake Garden car park.
- Crowded days: Tokyo Dome and Ariake Garden both charge the higher rate on busy days. Ariake Arena and Tokyo Garden Theater give traffic notices for October 24, 2026.
Common questions
Does Nippon Budokan have a car park?
Not for visitors. The Kitanomaru Park car park nearby is not managed by Budokan, and Budokan asks visitors to use public transport.
Can I drive to Ariake Arena?
There is no car park for event visitors. The arena asks you to use public transport. The small car park is for sub-arena and restaurant users.
Can I take a taxi to the door at NHK Hall?
No. NHK asks that taxis and other vehicles not enter the grounds. Walk in from the Yoyogi Park zelkova avenue side.
Can I book the Tokyo Dome car park?
Yes. Reservation needs a free “toppi!” membership from Mitsui Repark. Daily use covers weekdays with no designated event. Event day use covers designated dates.
Which station should I use for Tokyo Garden Theater?
The theater recommends Ariake-tennis-no-mori Station on the Yurikamome line because Ariake Station can be crowded. Ariake-tennis-no-mori is 5 minutes on foot from Exit 2A.
Next steps
- December 2026 in Tokyo: Christmas markets, Boro-ichi and year-end fairs.
- Tokyo autumn leaves 2026: illuminations and daytime gardens, for an outing around a show.
Sources (checked October 2026)
7 pages we checked
- Tokyo Dome: Access and Parking (English), Parking (Japanese)
- Nippon Budokan: Access (English), Access and Notice for concert visitors (Japanese)
- Yoyogi National Stadium: Access, Paid car park, First Gymnasium, Notices (Japanese)
- Ariake Arena: Official site (English), Access, FAQ, Main arena and Traffic notice (Japanese)
- Tokyo Garden Theater: Access and Q&A; Ariake Garden: Access and car park (Japanese)
- Tokyo International Forum: Access and Hall A (English), Parking (Japanese)
- NHK Hall: Access and Top page (Japanese)
