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In “these boots were not made for walking” news, I walked the entire Keikyu Main Line yesterday.

  • October 3, 2025

It’s been a while. I was planning on not making another post like this until I finished walking along all the train lines in Tokyo, but full time employment got in the way, and it’s taking longer than I was expecting.

I received a message from my boss on Wednesday saying they found someone to cover my shift, and so I could have Thursday off like usual. He suggested I walk the yamanote, and I told him I already did it, and I was going to do the keikyu.
And just like that my fate was sealed.

I packed my bag and took one of the last trains to Yokohama, where I “slept” in a manga cafe. My neighbour next door was making a lot of noise literally banging on walls and bed, maybe he was getting his ass kicked on a mmo or something. Thanks to him I only slept about an hour and a half.

I got on the first train to Uraga and started my walk to Shinagawa. One of my friends from abroad called and we swapped some stories. Apparently people actually have sex?? I thought it was just a meme.

Anyway when we finished I was passing by Yokosuka 「これっきりこれっきりもうこれっきりですか」 and my feet were beginning to hurt. Turns out it was a huge mistake to retire my usual walking shoes and to bring my high top all stars. I dragged myself to the nearest open shoe store (hour and a half away) and got myself a new pair of Fila running shoes. I picked a fluorescent yellow pair because I was in a dark place. I told the old lady working there that I was going to walk all the way to Shinagawa and she hit me with the Japanese version of “that’s nice honey”.

The next hours went by like a breeze, and I reached Yokohama fairly easily. I passed by 戸部 station and I started questioning my life, and surely enough the foot pain returned. I took a break around kanagawa station, and went to sukiya to eat the famous otaku cheese gyudon.

On the way to Kawasaki I started to really feel tired, my pace dropped, and I was wondering if I could actually finish my quest before the last train home.
Thankfully I was able to open the 5th gate while crossing the Rokugo bridge, and I returned to my usual pace despite the pain. At that point I have been walking for 13 hours and had 3 hours more to go.

When I was almost arriving to Shinagawa I began to fear my smell would be a biohazard for anyone who shared my train home, so I took a little break at a nearby sentō. Best idea I’ve ever had. I took a quick bath, changed my clothes, and went on my merry way.

Finally I finished my walk at about 23, got on the train, and prayed I could stand when I arrived at my stop.

Since someone always asks, here you go.

Steal his look:

Uniqlo white bucket hat
Donki Hawaiian shirt
Tenga iconic cup boxers shorts
Workman running tights
Gu wide cargo pants
Fila FC-2219YEL

by pikachuisyourfriend

28 comments

  4. That is an insane distance. well done! I would be absolutely dead after such a distance.

  6. A fellow Yamanote line walker!!
    I’ve always done it in high top all stars and those are never the right choice.

  7. Sick, I love stuff like this. I walked Toyoko sen from Yokahama to Musashikosugi, which doesn’t even compare to this, back in Spring. You really get to see a lot of stuff you normally “fly” right over on the train.

  9. Ahhh very cool! I met an Irish traveller who did something similar in an attempt to get 100k steps in a day, which you almost did lol. I’ve never done a walk quite this long but when I was in Osaka, I walked from Dotonbori area all the way to Kyoto station. Was only about 40km, but I did that walk with my 90 liter pack on my back and a smaller backpack on my front, probably about 25 or 30 kg of luggage, and it was absolutely brutal 😅

    I’m in Tokyo now and me and a friend are thinking about doing something similar! We were toying with the idea of going from the north side of Tokyo bay, all the way up the Arakawa river to Kawagoe

  10. Damn I’m nostalgic now, lived a few years around there and loved the Keikyu.

    Rest well, wanderer.

  11. I want to do all the Tokyo subway lines in my life, only done the Ginza line so far

  16. Impressive!

    If you don’t mind me asking, how old are you? I’m in my mid-40s, so I don’t really have the time or energy for such an adventure, even though I’d really like to.

  17. I’ve never done the entire line, but I’ve long had the habit of walking home from the office in business clothes and shoes at least once after changing to a new job or transferring to a new location. The purpose is to become familiar with the route for return in case of natural disaster. It also taught me to always have sole pads in my shoes and bandages and ointment in the mini-first aid kit in my work bag.

    The farthest I have walked is from Otemachi to Yokosuka-Chou, similar distance also mostly on Keikyu Line! It’s quite a trek, congrats!

    I actually put this to use on 3/11, walking from Akasaka to Kanazawa-Bunko, also mostly down Keikyu Line.

    Edit: oh my God no, I forgot, I once walked from Koto-ku to Kanazawa-Bunko.

  18. And I thought my 6 hour walk home after a missed train was impressive. 😅

    Kudos to you!

  19. Do you know how long it was? I’ve been doing a similar thing down in Osaka, but most of our train lines aren’t that long, so I usually add some distance on afterwards.

  20. As someone currently in school in America, I gasped and started crying at seeing the Uraga sign — my hometown — Thank you.

  24. I love this whole series. You’re like the GOAT of walking Tokyo/Kanto area train lines in a day.

  25. Do Misakiguchi to Narita Airport next! I think that’s the longest trip through the Keikyu Line without transfers. Be the train.

  28. Great idea to walk a different line. I have walked a decent portion of the Chuo Line a few times but I couldn’t do it all. But maybe you could lol. All the way to Takao.

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