Western Union in Tokyo

[oyajikun]

Can anyone tell me where to find the closest Western Union Agent to Shibuya?

Thanks!

[Caustic Saint]

There's only one agent listed for all of Tokyo on the Western Union page:

THE SURUGA BANK LTD
7-1 NIHONBASHI-MUROMACHI 1-CHOME
TOKYO BRANCH
TOKYO
103-8689
JAPAN
Tel: (81 ) (012) 0882515

Hours
Monday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Tuesday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Wednesday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Friday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Saturday
CLOSED
Sunday
CLOSED

Services Available
Send/Payout Money Transfer

[Varg]

Can anybody tell which train station is the closest, and how to get from that station to the bank?

[Mulboyne]

It's right next to the the Nihombashi Mitsukoshi so the nearest station is Mitsukoshi-mae. Take exit A1. The entrance to the Western Union desk is down a street to the side of the main bank entrance but they'll tell you in the bank if you can't see it straight away.

[Greji]

It's right next to the the Nihombashi Mitsukoshi so the nearest station is Mitsukoshi-mae. Take exit A1. The entrance to the Western Union desk is down a street to the side of the main bank entrance but they'll tell you in the bank if you can't see it straight away.

These extremely accurate and timely instructions sound suspiciously like a guy who has accrued some experience in sending out the famous words: "wire me money quick", probably folowling some wild nights at select gin mills in Shinjuku.

[Mulboyne]

I seem to have to go there almost every week when I'm in Tokyo. Usually accompanying a US citizen with a serious cash shortage and no idea how to find the office. Now that 7-11 allegedly accepts overseas bank and credit cards, I'm hoping that fewer people will need to go there. I wasn't able to use my UK bank card in their terminals, though, so the jury is still out on that one. I assume there is no need to go into detail about why these characters find themselves short of cash after a few nights out on the town.

Incidentally, Taro posted a map of the location of the office in his detailed reply to the same question in this thread.

[maraboutslim]

I'm surprised that two people could find fuckedgaijin on the internet but not be able to find the location and nearest train station on the internet.