Getting Around Tokyo with a Dog

Both JR East and Tokyo Metro allow dogs only when fully enclosed in a carrier that stays closed for the whole ride, with the animal and carrier together kept within the operator`s combined size and weight limits (broadly a compact carrier and a total under roughly 10 kg). JR charges a small hand-luggage fee bought at the ticket gate; verify the exact current limits with staff before you travel.

Ordinary Tokyo taxis may accept a dog in a carrier at the driver`s discretion, so it helps to have the dog crated and to ask before getting in. For larger dogs, dedicated pet-taxi companies operate across the city and are the reliable way to move a dog that cannot fit a train carrier.