Harajuku Station
JR East: Yamanote Line
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The Harajuku Station (Japanese原宿 駅, Harajuku -eki ) is a railway station on the JR East Yamanote line in Shibuya in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. The station gives its name to the east adjacent area Harajuku; However, this is officially on any map. The district in which the station is located is, officially Jingumae (神宫 前, dt about before the shrine ).
History
- October 30, 1906: opening of the station as the train yard
- October 12, 1909: Following the Yamanote Line
- August 1926: First use as an Imperial station through the Taishō Tennō
- February 1, 1941: Setting the freight
- October 20, 1972: Opening of the nearby metro station Meiji Jingumae (明治 神宫 前 駅, dt about station before the Meiji Shrine ) of the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and Fukutoshin - line
Design and tracks
The station was built in the commonly encountered construction of a railway station as a through station. It has two tracks, which run in a north-south direction and a central platform served by the JR East Yamanote Line.
The wooden station building was created in 1925. It is now the oldest wooden station building in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which is still in operation.
A temporary platform is located on the western side of the railway station for trains to Shinjuku. This is used at major events, among others, New Year celebration in which many Japanese visit the neighboring Meiji Shrine.
A special platform for the imperial train is located just north of the public station, as traditionally all begin journeys of the imperial train at Harajuku station and end.
The station of the Tokyo Metro Meiji Jingumae located near the Harajuku Station and is partially marked on web spiders as interchange. The train stations are about 200 meters apart, however, a direct transfer between the two lines is therefore not possible.
Lines
The train station is only served by the JR East Yamanote Line. The paint used in the table below is the award of JR East color code of the line.
Environment
Directly west of the train station is Yoyogi Park (代 々 木 公园, Yoyogi kōen ) to the Meiji Shrine (明治 神宫, Meiji jingū ). On the way there you can directly south of the station cross a bridge. On this bridge every Sunday show called Lolitas and Cosplayers her audience to be photographed.
About the middle exit of the train station you can reach the Takeshita - dori (竹下 通り, Takeshita - dori ). This shared pedestrian-only shopping street is very popular among young people and one of the main attractions of this district. They can often be seen as an incubator for trends that spread nationwide in the sequence.
South of the Takeshita - dori, just outside the south exit of the station there is the avenue Omotesandō (表 参 道, Omotesandō ). This road is sometimes also referred to as " Tokyo's Champs- Élysées " due to their splendor. This is partly due to splendor from the avenue and the fact two lanes created that here many expensive fashion labels have set up flagship stores.
Use
In 2007, the station from an average of 76 788 passengers was used on the day, so that the rank 55 took over 900 on the ranking of the busiest train stations of JR East in 2007.