Anytime Fitness Okachimachi Review｜A Helping Hand When the Safety Bar Wouldn’t Budge

Two minutes from Shin-Okachimachi Station on the Toei Oedo Line, six minutes from Okachimachi Station on the JR Yamanote Line.

The gym is in the basement. There are no windows. The air quality reflects that. These are the first things worth knowing.

No water server, three benches in a tight configuration, and a dumbbell area that requires careful navigation around other members. Combined Smith machines and power racks provide six to seven free weight stations in total — workable, though the spacing is among the tightest on this pilgrimage. A regular member offered assistance when the Smith machine safety bar proved difficult to reset — a small moment of warmth in an otherwise challenging environment.

Not a comfortable gym by most measures. The people inside make it more bearable than the space suggests.

Gym Information

Facilities

Private showers, a private changing room, Wi-Fi, a body composition scale, and a personal trainer are all available. An AED, contracted lockers with availability, and free access for high school students round out the offering.

There is no water server, no bicycle parking, and no car parking. The gym sits on the basement floor of its building, with no windows.

Access

A 2-minute walk from Shin-Okachimachi Station on the Toei Oedo Line, or a 6-minute walk from Okachimachi Station on the JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The proximity to Shin-Okachimachi Station is one of this gym’s main advantages.

Atmosphere and Equipment

Sitting on the basement floor with no windows, the gym has a noticeable smell in the air at times. There’s no water server on site. Five Smith machines give it a generous count, and combined with the rack space, six or seven spots are available for free weight training.

The three adjustable benches, on the other hand, are squeezed into a space so tight that even reaching for dumbbells between them can take some effort. At one point, struggling to reset a Smith machine’s safety bar, a regular-looking gym member stepped in and helped without hesitation. The facilities themselves have their shortcomings, but that small moment of one member helping another was an unexpectedly warm one.

Crowding

The tight space around the benches means things can feel cramped quickly once more people are using the gym.

Surrounding Area

Okachimachi and Shin-Okachimachi sit close to both Ueno and Akihabara, making for a genuinely convenient location. That convenience, though, is somewhat undercut by the windowless basement layout of the gym itself.

Overall Review

With five Smith machines and plenty of free-weight options, equipment quantity isn’t the issue here. The tight space around the benches and the windowless basement setting are the more noticeable drawbacks, and with no water server either, “so-so” is probably the fairest summary of the facilities overall.

Still, the moment a fellow member stepped in to help with a stuck safety bar is the one that stuck with me. Despite the facility’s shortcomings, that small act of one gym-goer helping another made the visit worthwhile.

The pilgrimage continues.

Rating

📖 Japanese Review → エニタイムフィットネス御徒町店レビュー｜セーフティバーに困った時、助けてくれた常連の手