is an underground
metro station
A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase Train ticket, tickets, board trains, and Emergency eva ...
located in
Naka-ku,
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
,
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
,
Japan
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operated by the
Nagoya Municipal Subway
The is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover of route and serve 87 stations. Approximately 90% of the subway's total track length is underground.
The subway system ...
.
It is located 0.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at
Kanayama Station. It is close to
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
JOLX-DTV, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 22), branded as is the Chūbu region flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network, owned by the , with its headquarters in Nagoya. It is broadcast in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and ...
and Higashi Betsuin Temple, after which it is named. Higashi Betsuin is an abbreviation of the name Higashi Hongan-ji Nagoya Betsuin, a Buddhist temple known formally as
Shinshuōtaniha Nagoya Betsuin, which is a temple associated with the temple in
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 ci ...
called
Higashi Hongan-ji
, or, ″the Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow″, is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad, the other being Nishi Honganji (or, 'The Western Temple of the Original Vow'). It is also the name of the head temple ...
.
History
Higashi Betsuin Station was opened on 30 March 1967.
Lines
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** (Station number: M02)
Layout
Higashi Betsuin Station has two underground opposed
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
s. The platforms are as follows:
Platforms
Because the station is next to Nagoya Broadcasting Network, the network's common name, Mētere, and mascot,
Wandaho, are displayed on the platforms' walls. There are two wickets. There are four exits in two pairs, namely Exit 1 and Exit 2, and Exit 3 and Exit 4. The station is equipped with elevators, so it is
handicapped-accessible
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, as is the station's bathroom.
See also
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:ja:真宗大谷派名古屋別院
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Nagoya Broadcasting Network
JOLX-DTV, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 22), branded as is the Chūbu region flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network, owned by the , with its headquarters in Nagoya. It is broadcast in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and ...
References
External links
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Official website of Nagoya Broadcasting NetworkOfficial website of Higashi Betsuin Temple
Hokkaido Art High School (Nagoya Campus)
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1967
Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture
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