Explore Japan’s Fishing Spots by Rail — and Beyond

Rod & Rail Japan

Explore Japan’s Fishing Spots by Rail — and Beyond

Practical fishing guides for visitors and residents in Japan—with public transport directions, rental tackle information and guided trips.

Find a Fishing Spot → New to Fishing in Japan?

An angler casting at dawn on Tokyo Bay as a train crosses a bridgeOriginal illustration by Rod & Rail Japan: dawn over the sea, Mount Fuji in the distance, a train crossing a steel bridge and an angler casting from a seawall.
  1. Step 1Browse the map to find a spot
  2. Step 2Read a guide for directions and gear
  3. Step 3Plan your trip by train, bus or tour

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Fishing Day Trips from Tokyo

Goby fishing on the Edogawa Floodway, Chiba – a walk from Myoden Station on the Tozai Line, with a rental rod at a fishing-boat shop’s pier. Based on my own trips.

What to Expect in Each Guide

  • Transport: step-by-step from the station, including the bus
  • Costs: entrance, rental and transport, listed separately
  • Check-in: what happens at the counter, and how to pay
  • Gear: what the rental set includes, and what to bring yourself
  • Dates: when I visited, and when I last checked official information

Who Writes This

I’m Shohei, a Kanto-based angler who fishes Tokyo Bay most weekends. I only write “Visited” on guides to places I’ve actually been, and I note when the official information was last checked. More about this site.