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Kokusaikaikan Station

Kokusaikaikan Station
国際会館駅
KOKUSAIKAIKAN Station No.3 Exit.JPG
Entrance No. 3 of the station
Location Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
Japan
Operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Line(s) Karasuma Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code K01
History
Opened 3 June 1997 (1997-06-03)

Kokusaikaikan Station (国際会館駅 Kokusai-Kaikan-eki?) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the beginning of the line, and was opened on 3 June 1997.

The station has an island platform serving two tracks.

The station name "Kokusaikaikan" refers to the Kyoto International Conference Center (国立京都国際会館 Kokuritsu Kyōto Kokusai-kaikan?), the city's main conference hall where many international conventions, including the conference that created the in 1997, are held. The center can be accessed by short walk from the station.

Coordinates: 35°03′46″N 135°47′07″E / 35.0627°N 135.7854°E / 35.0627; 135.7854


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