is a
train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing s ...
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 " ...
in
Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese language, 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, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...
,
Japan.
Layout
The station locates underneath ''Kitayama dori'' street, all station structures except stairs are underground.
The station has two floors, the upper one is the station office and ticket gates and lower one is 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 on ...
with two tracks.
The station has two stairs to access outside, the first stairs are on East side and the second is in West.
East one is with escalators while West is with a lift. West one is with bicycle parking lots.
IC cards can be used
Advertisement plate is added underneath the board from April 2010
Tracks
Destination of platforms are in accordance with the Kyoto city website
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Around the station
The station locates underneath ''Kitayama dori''.
Sugakuin Station of Eizan Electric Railway locates 800 m east from Matsugasaki Station. Myō/Hō (妙・法), the characters meaning "wondrous
dharma" (referring to Buddhist teachings) of
Gozan no Okuribi
, more commonly known as , is a festival in Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the Obon festival on August 16, in which five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city. It signifies the moment when the spirits of deceased famil ...
are held at the north of the station on 16 August every year.
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It is recorded that farmers having paddy ground started living in Matsugasaki in late 8th century and the name of ''Matsugasaki'' are found in the Yugiri waley, Evening Mistof
The Tale of Genji.
Even though the area flourished for over one thousand years, population of the area had remained the same between 9th and 19th centuries because strict local rule existed.
The original route of Eizan Electric Railway planned in 1922 was from Kitaoji to Nikendyaya via Matsugasaki, the route was changed before actual construction was commenced.
From the end of Taisho era, Matsugasaki area has utilized as residential area and the movement is accelerated the opening of Kitayama dori street in 1985 and construction of subway Karasuma line.
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Bus stops
Matsugasaki Station bus stop (adjacent to exit 1)
* Kyoto City Bus
** Route 4: To
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 ...
/ Kyoto Station
** Route North 8(北8): To Senbon Kitaoji / Kitaoji Bus Terminal
* Kyoto Bus
** No number: To Takano Depot / Iwakura Muramatsu
Matsugasaki Kaijiri Cho bus stop
* Kyoto City Bus
** Route 65: To Shijo Karasuma / Iwakura Depot
** Route North 8(北8): To Senbon Kitaoji / Kitaoji Bus Terminal
* Kyoto Bus
** Rounte 56: To Demachiyanagi station
** No number: To Takano Depot / Iwakura Muramatsu
References
Bibliography
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1997
Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture