is a railway station 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 " ...

Kita-ku, Kyoto is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "North Ward." As of 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 117,165 people. Hiragino typeface is named after an area in the ward. Demographics ...

, Japan.

History

The station opened on May 29, 1981 when the Karasuma Line started operation between Kitaōji and Kyoto. Until October 24, 1990, the station was the terminus of the line.

Layout

This 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 ...

with two tracks under

Karasuma Street is a major south-north street in central Kyoto, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Jap ...

Platforms

Surroundings

*Kitaōji Town **Kyoto City Kitaōji Bus Terminal **Kyoto North Hall **Kitaoji Vivre * Otani University *Ritsumeikan Primary School *

Kyoto Botanical Garden The , also known as the Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden, is a major botanical garden with conservatory located next to the Kamo River, Hangi-cho Simogamo, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is open daily; a general admission fee is charged, and an ...

Kyoto City Kitaōji Bus Terminal

*Bus Platform A for Kyoto Sangyo University **Route 北3 for

Kamigamo Shrine is an important Shinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678. Its formal name is the . It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which ...

and Kyoto Sangyo University **Non-stop buses to Kyoto Sangyo University *Bus Platform B for Higashiyama Street and Takano **Route 204 for Takano and

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via Shirakawa Street **Route 206 for

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and

Kyoto Station 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 city ...

via Higashiyama Street *Bus Platform C for Kawaramachi Street **Route 1 for Rakuhoku High School,

Shimogamo Shrine is an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is . It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designate ...

and **Route 37 for Shijo Kawaramachi and via Kawaramachi Street **Route 205 for Rakuhoku High School, Shimogamo Shrine, Shijo Kawaramachi and

*Bus Platform D for Takano and Shugakuin-michi **Route 北8 for Takano and Shugakuin-michi *Bus Platform E for Sembon Kitaoji and Bukkyo University **Route 1 for

Daitoku-ji is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" ('' sangō'') by which it is known is . The Daitoku-ji temple complex today covers more ...

and Bukkyo University **Extra route for Bukkyo University **Route 北1 for Bukkyo University and Gentaku **Route 37 for Nishigamo Depot via Horikawa Street **Route 特37 for Omiya Kotsu-koen and Nishigamo Depot *Bus Platform F for Sembon and Nishioji **Route 101 Raku Bus for Daitoku-ji,

Kinkaku-ji , officially named , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the most popular buildings in Kyoto, attracting many visitors annually.Bornoff, Nicholas (2000). ''The National Geographic Traveler: Japan''. National Geographic Societ ...

, Kitano Tenman-gu,

Nijō Castle is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings ( Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is ...

and Kyoto Station **Route 102 Raku Bus for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Kitano Tenman-gu and Ginkaku-ji **Route 205 for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishioji Shijo via Nishioji Street **Route M1 for Haradani **Route M1 for

Ritsumeikan University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. With the Kinugasa Campus (KIC) in Kyoto, and Kyoto Prefecture, the university also has a satellite called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) and Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC). Tod ...

**Route 北8 for Bukkyo University and Matsugasaki *Bus Platform G for Sembon and Nishioji **Route 204 for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishinokyo Emmachi via Nishioji Street **Route 206 for Shijo-Omiya and Kyoto Station via Sembon Street

Karasuma Kitaōji Intersection

*Kyoto City Bus (Karasuma Kitaōji) **Route 1 for Demachiyanagi via Shimogamo Shrine / for Bukkyo University and Nishigamo Depot **Route 37 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Sanjo Keihan via Kawaramachi Street / for Kitaoji Bus Terminal and Nishigamo Depot **Route 204 for Takano and Ginkaku-ji via Shirakawa Street / for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishinokyo Emmachi via Nishioji Street **Route 205 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Kyoto Station via Kawaramachi Street / for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishioji Shijo via Nishioji Street **Route 206 for Chion-in, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera and Kyoto Station via Higashiyama Street / for Shijo-Omiya, Kyoto Aquarium and Kyoto Station via Sembon Street **Route 北3 for Kyoto Sangyo University **Route 北8 for Takano and Shugakuin-michi *Kyoto Bus (Kitaōji Ekimae) **Route 30 and Express Route 36 for Demachiyanagi via Izumojibashi **Route 32 for Hirogawara via Kibuneguchi, Kurama and Hanasetoge / for Demachiyanagi via Takanobashi-higashizume **Route 34 for Shizuhara and Shiroyama via Kyoto Sangyo University / for Demachiyanagi via Takanobashi-higashizume **Route 35 for Ichihara via Kyoto Sangyo University / for Demachiyanagi via Takanobashi-higashizume **Route 45 for Kyoto Station via Karasuma Street / for Iwakura-Muramatsu via Rakuhoku University and Midorogaike **Route 46 for Iwakura-Muramatsu via Rakuhoku University and Midorogaike *Kumogahata Bus Mokumoku-go (Kitaōji Ekimae) **for Kumogahata (2 round-trips per day, between Kitaoji Ekimae and Kumogahata Iwayabashi)

References

Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture {{Kyoto-railstation-stub