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Toranomon Hills Station
is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The station's official name was announced on 5 December 2018, before it opened on 6 June 2020. The station is operated by Tokyo Metro. The station number is H-06. Lines This station is served by the , which runs across Tokyo between in the southwest, to in the northeast. Additionally, the Hibiya Line operates through services to the Tobu Skytree Line to or in the Saitama Prefecture. The station connects to the nearby Toranomon Station on the , via a 7-minute walk in a connecting passageway. Station layout History Toranomon Hills Station was planned to be provisionally opened in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and will be fully opened by fiscal 2022. By its opening on 6 June 2020, Toranomon Hills Station will implement its station number, H-06. As a result, the station numbers for stations after Toranomon Hills (Kasumigaseki to Kita-Senju) will have to be adjusted. Toranomon Hills is only Hibiya Line station bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toranomon
is a business district of Minato, Tokyo. History Literally meaning "Tiger's Gate," Toranomon was the name of the southernmost gate of Edo Castle. The gate existed until the 1870s when it was demolished to make way for modern developments. The Toranomon Incident (虎ノ門事件 Toranomon Jiken) was an assassination attempt on the Prince Regent Hirohito of Japan on 27 December 1923 by communist agitator Daisuke Namba. The district is home to many corporate headquarters. From the 1970s through the mid-1990s Japan Air System (originally Toa Domestic Airlines) was headquartered in the in Toranomon. Air China has its Tokyo offices in the Air China Building in Toranomon. TV Tokyo, Japan Tobacco, Oki Electric Industry, Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines have their headquarters in Toranomon. The National Printing Bureau has its headquarters in the district. Okura Museum of Art and Hotel Okura Tokyo are also located in Toranomon. Education Minato City Board o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
