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Higashi-Mukōjima Station
is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.Higashi-Mukōjima Station information Retrieved 12 March 2009 Lines The station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu), Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen in Saitama Prefecture. It is located 3.2 km from Asakusa Station.Station layout Higashi-Mukōjima Station has two opposite side platforms serving two tracks.Platforms History The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as , but operatio ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumida, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Sumida City. As of 1 April 2025, the ward has an estimated population of 287,766 and a population density of 20,120 persons per km2. Its total area is 13.77 km2. Sumida's city office is located in Azumabashi, while its commercial center is the area around Kinshicho Station in the south. Geography Sumida is in the north-eastern part of the mainland portion of Tokyo. The Sumida and Arakawa are the major rivers, and form parts of its boundaries. Its neighbors are all special wards: Adachi, Tokyo, Adachi to the north; Arakawa, Tokyo, Arakawa to the northwest; Katsushika, Tokyo, Katsushika to the east; Edogawa, Tokyo, Edogawa to the southeast; Taitō, Tokyo, Taitō to the west; Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō to the southwest; and Kōtō, Tokyo, Kōtō to the south. Landmarks *Asahi Breweries headquarters: The Asahi Beer Hall, with the ''Asahi fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobu Museum
The is a railway museum in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in May 1989, and is operated by Tobu Railway. The museum was closed from January 2009 until June 2009 for refurbishment.全国鉄道博物館ガイド (Nationwide Railway Museum Guide), published with October 2008 issue of Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō magazine It reopened on 22 July 2009. Exhibits The following full-size vehicles are on display. *B1 class steam locomotive – No. 5 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock & Company)Tobu Museum exhibit guide Retrieved on 11 March 2009 *B1 class steam locomotive – No. 6 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock & Company) *ED101 class – No. 101 (later ED ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Japan Opened In 1902
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Dōri
Meiji, the romanization of the Japanese characters 明治, may refer to: Japanese history * Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan between 1867 and 1912 ** Meiji era, the name given to that period in Japanese history *** Meiji Restoration, the revolution that began the Meiji period *** Meiji Constitution, the constitution of the Empire of Japan between 1890 and 1947 ** Meiji Shrine, a Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife Other uses * Meiji Holdings, a Japanese food and pharmaceutical holding company ** Meiji Co., a Japanese food company ** Meiji Seika Pharma, a Japanese pharmaceutical company * Meiji-mura, an open-air architectural museum near Nagoya, Japan * Meiji Seamount, a seamount (underwater mountain) in the northern Pacific Ocean * Meiji Senmon Gakkou, the former name of the Kyushu Institute of Technology * Meiji University, a university in Tokyo, Japan * Meiji Yasuda Life, a Japanese life insurance company See also * Meijer, a grocery chain store in the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mito Kaidō
was an old road, ''kaidō,'' in Japan starting from the center of Edobashi (today’s Nihonbashi). It was built to connect Edo with Mito in modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture. Travelers from Edo called it the Mito Kaidō, but travelers from Mito called it the Edo Kaidō. Today, National Route 6 follows the old Mito Kaido.Chiba Kokaidō Rekishi Sanpo Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Accessed December 28, 2007. Stations of the Mito Kaidō The post stations of the Mito Kaidō, with their present-day municipalities listed beside them.:1. Senjujuku (千住宿) ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan National Route 6
is a Japanese highway from Tokyo to Sendai that goes through the cities Mito, Iwaki and Sōma. It traces the old Mito Kaidō route from Tokyo to Mito,Chiba Kokaidō Rekishi Sanpo Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Accessed 28 December 2007. and, for much of its route, it runs parallel to the Jōban railway line and the Jōban Expressway. Route description Originating in Chūō, Tokyo (at Nihonbashi, which ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo Period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, Isolationism, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of Japanese art, arts and Culture of Japan, culture. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu prevailed at the Battle of Sekigahara and established hegemony over most of Japan, and in 1603 was given the title ''shogun'' by Emperor Go-Yōzei. Ieyasu resigned two years later in favor of his son Tokugawa Hidetada, Hidetada, but maintained power, and defeated the primary rival to his authority, Toyotomi Hideyori, at the Siege of Osaka in 1615 before his death the next year. Peace generally prevailed from this point on, making samurai largely redundant. Tokugawa sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden
is an urban garden located in Sumida, Tokyo. The garden was created by a merchant, and is different from ''daimyō'' gardens, and therefore it not a "traditional Japanese garden" in the proper sense of the term. It is the only surviving flower garden from the Edo period. ''Mukōjima'' comes from the region's old name, ''Hyakkaen'' was chosen to mean "a garden with a hundred flowers that bloom throughout the four seasons". The garden covers an area of about 10,886 m2. History In 1804, Sahara Kikū, a native of Sendai Domain and a wealthy dealer in antiques purchased land near the Sumida River called the "Taga Yashiki" and planted 360 ''ume'' trees given by his friends such as Ōta Nanpo and Shibutsu Ōkubo in emulation of the famous "umeyashi" plum gardens at Kameido.The garden was initially called the "Shin-Umeyashiki" or the "Hanayashiki", and was named the "Hyakkaen" in 1806. Sahara established a literary salon, inviting poets and painters to his garden, which evolved between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Great Kantō Earthquake
The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake (, or ) was a major earthquake that struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, 1 September 1923. It had an approximate magnitude of 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its epicenter located southwest of the capital Tokyo. The earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Shizuoka, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kantō region. Fires, exacerbated by strong winds from a nearby typhoon, spread rapidly through the densely populated urban areas, accounting for the majority of the devastation and casualties. The death toll is estimated to have been between 105,000 and 142,000 people, including tens of thousands who went missing and were presumed dead. Over half of Tokyo and nearly all of Yokohama were destroyed, leaving approximately 2.5 million people homeless. The disaster triggered widespread social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines (as opposed to, for instance, the island platform where a single platform lies between the tracks). Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform, where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track. In some stations, the two side platforms are connected by a footbridge or tunnel to allow safe access to the alternate platform. While a pair of side platforms is often provided on a dual-track line, a single side platform is usually sufficient (trains are usually only boarded from one side) for a single-track line. Layout Where the station is close to a level crossing (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama Prefecture
is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 (1,466 Square mile, sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the west, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southwest, Tokyo to the south, Chiba Prefecture to the southeast, and Ibaraki Prefecture to the northeast. Saitama, Saitama, Saitama is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kawaguchi, Saitama, Kawaguchi, Kawagoe, Saitama, Kawagoe, and Tokorozawa, Saitama, Tokorozawa. History of Kujiki According to ''Sendai Kuji Hongi'' (), Chichibu was one of 137 provinces during the reign of Emperor Sujin. Chichibu Province was in western Saitama. The area that would become Saitama Prefecture in the 19th century is part of Musashi Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
