Kokusaikaikan Station Explained

Kokusaikaikan Station
Native Name:	国際会館駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
Country:	Japan
Platforms:	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks:	2
Code:	K01
Passengers:	daily^[1]
Pass Year:	FY

is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the beginning of the line, and was opened on 3 June 1997.^[2]

Lines

• • • (Station Number: K01)

Layout

The station has an island platform serving two tracks.

P Platforms	Platform 1	towards,, and →
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2	towards,, and →

Around the station

The station name "Kokusaikaikan" refers to the, the city's main conference hall where many international conventions, including the conference that created the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, are held. The center can be accessed by short walk from the station.

• Kyoto International Conference Center
• Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto
• Iwakura Station (Eizan Railway Kurama Line)
• Entsu-ji
• Takaragaike-dori
• Doshisha Elementary School, Doshisha Junior and Senior High School

Bus stops

Kokusaikaikan-ekimae

• Kyoto City Bus: Bus stop A

• • Route 5 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Kyōto Station

• • Route 31 for Gion and

• • Route 65 for Karasuma Marutamachi and Shijo Karasuma

• Kyoto City Bus: Bus stop B

• • Route 5, 31, 65 for Iwakura Depot

• Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 1

• • Route 24 for Iwakura Jisso-in

• • Route 26 for Iwakura Muramatsu (part of buses run via Iwakura Shimozaichicho)

• • Route 29 for Iwakura Muramatsu via Iwakura Shinozaichicho and Nagatani Hachimangu

• • Route 45, 46 for Iwakura Muramatsu

• Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 2

• • Route 40 for Kyoto Sangyo Daigaku-mae and via Hokuryo Koko-mae, Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-mae

• • Route 45 for Kyoto Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-mae

• • Route 46 for Kitaoji Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-mae

• • Route 50 for Ichihara via Hokuryo Koko-mae, Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-mae

• • for via Hanazonobashi and Kawabata-dori (running only on weekdays)

• • for Takano Depot via Takaragaike Kyugijo-mae (running except weekdays)

• Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 3

• • Route 19 for Ohara and Kodeishi via Hanazonobashi and

External links

• Access map from Kokusaikaikan Station to ICC Kyoto
• Station information by City of Kyoto

35.0627°N 135.7854°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: 京都市交通事業白書. Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. ja.
2. Web site: 京都市交通局のあゆみ～年表（沿革）～. May 29, 2015. Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. February 7, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081011011441/http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/page/0000026332.html. October 11, 2008.