is a
train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing ...
on the
Kyoto Municipal Subway
The , also known as Kyoto City Subway, is the rapid transit network in the city of Kyoto, Japan. Operated by the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau, it has two lines.
Lines
The Kyoto Municipal Subway is made up of two lines: the long, 15 ...
Karasuma Line
The is one of the two lines of the Kyoto Municipal Subway operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau in Kyoto, Japan. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is colored green, and its stations are given numbers following the letter " ...
in
Sakyō-ku,
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...
,
Japan
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. It is the beginning of the line, and was opened on 3 June 1997.
Lines
*
** (Station Number: K01)
Layout
The station has an
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...
serving two tracks.
Around the station
The station name "Kokusaikaikan" refers to the , the city's main conference hall where many international conventions, including the conference that created the
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...
in 1997, are held. The center can be accessed by short walk from the station.
*
Kyoto International Conference Center
*Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto
*
Iwakura Station (
Eizan Railway Kurama Line)
*Entsu-ji
*Takaragaike-dori
*Doshisha Elementary School, Doshisha Junior and Senior High School
Bus stops
;Kokusaikaikan-ekimae
:*Kyoto City Bus: Bus stop A
:**Route 5 for
Shijo Kawaramachi and Kyōto Station
:**Route 31 for
Gion
is a district of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, originating as an entertainment district in the Sengoku period, in front of Yasaka Shrine (Gion Shrine). The district was built to accommodate the needs of travellers and visitors to the shrine. ...
and
:**Route 65 for Karasuma Marutamachi and Shijo Karasuma
:*Kyoto City Bus: Bus stop B
:**Route 5, 31, 65 for Iwakura Depot
:*Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 1
:**Route 24 for Iwakura
Jisso-in
:**Route 26 for Iwakura Muramatsu (part of buses run via Iwakura Shimozaichicho)
:**Route 29 for Iwakura Muramatsu via Iwakura Shinozaichicho and Nagatani Hachimangu
:**Route 45, 46 for Iwakura Muramatsu
:*Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 2
:**Route 40 for
Kyoto Sangyo Daigaku-mae and via Hokuryo Koko-mae,
Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-mae
:**Route 45 for Kyoto Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-mae
:**Route 46 for
Kitaoji Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-mae
:**Route 50 for Ichihara via Hokuryo Koko-mae, Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-mae
:**for via Hanazonobashi and Kawabata-dori (running only on weekdays)
:**for Takano Depot via Takaragaike Kyugijo-mae (running except weekdays)
:*Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 3
:**Route 19 for Ohara and Kodeishi via Hanazonobashi and
References
External links
Access map from Kokusaikaikan Station to ICC Kyoto
Station information by City of Kyoto
Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1997
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