Kyoto

Kyoto Station is located in the Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. It is the railway station of the West Japan Railway (JR West Japan), the Tokai Railway (JR Tokai), Kinki Nippon Railway (Nago) and the Kyoto City Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Station is the representative station of Kyoto City, Japan's largest tourist city. Kyoto Station is the terminus of a number of railway routes. As a wide-ranging entrance to Kyoto's sightseeing spots, the station has a number of public transportation agencies such as buses and subways to provide transportation services to Kyoto's tourist attractions. There are also many passengers heading to the southern part of Shiga Prefecture, the North District of Osaka Prefecture, and the northern part of Nara Prefecture. The current station building was completed in 1997. Designed by the architect Yuan Guangsi, it is a hybrid structure for iron and steel. Although it is a ground station, in order not to detract from the ancient capital of Kyoto, there can be no more than 120 meters high buildings around Kyoto Station. Therefore, the original design of the company is a 60-meter-high building and the building is kept north-south. The passage to keep the line of sight clear, so that Kyoto Station does not have all the oppressive feelings of huge buildings. Received the 40th Japan Construction Industry Association Award.

Station structure

• JR West Japan's on-line lines are elevated stations, Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line, Lake Biwa Line), and Lake West Line use island-style platforms 3 lines and 6 lines and side platforms On the west side of the structure, the three sides of the harbor-type platform are used on the west side of the structure, and the three sides of the harbor-type platform are used on the south side.
• Each platform is connected to the underground passage in the east side gate on the west side.
• There are lifts in the cross-station station and each platform.
• The JR Shinkansen in Tokai is located on the south side of each platform in JR West Japan. The Tokaido Shinkansen uses an elevated platform with two lines and four lines on the island.
• All business trains will stop, so there is no passing line.

Tokyo

Tokyo Station is located in Nagata, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is the railway station of the East Japan Railway (JR East Japan), the Tokai Railway (JR Tokai), and the Tokyo Metro. Opened in 1914, it is not only the end station of many railway lines in Japan, but also one of the major transportation hubs in Tokyo.

Features * Tokyo Station is known as the "Table Entrance" of Tokyo. It has the status of the Central Station of the Capital. It is not only the most important train departure station of the National Shinkansen Line (except the Kyushu Shinkansen), but also the East China Sea. Japan, such as the Main Line, the Central Line, and the Tohoku Main Line, are mainly at the starting point of the main line (traditional railway). You can transfer to the 32 prefectures and counties, and send about 3,000 shuttles on the 1st. It is the most representative in Japan. One of the railway terminals. * The total area of the station area is equivalent to 3.6 Tokyo Dome. The number of platforms in the station is the first in Japan. It is included in the 9th line of the 9th line (5 lines on the ground, 10 lines on the ground, 8 lines on the ground), and 5 on the Shinkansen. Line, and subway 2, 2 lines. * Currently, there are three entrances and exits such as Marunouchi, Yaesu, and Nihonbashi. As the earliest used Marunouchi Station, it is an imitation Western-style brick building designed by the Meiji era architect Chen Ye Jinwu. * The back of the revised ten thousand yen banknotes scheduled for release in 2024 will have the pattern of the Tokyo Station Marunouchi building. In addition to the general station facilities, there are a number of small station shops in the Tokyo Metro Station's elevated track and the first floor pay area under the moon area.

The Dila Tokyo Media Plaza (Dila Tokyo メディアコート), which was originally located on the first floor of the station, was also converted into a shopping mall with a total area of 1,700 square meters and including 31 stores, Tokyo Station City South Court.

There are two distinctive places in the Tokyo Station, such as “Silver Bell Waiting Place&quot” and “Moving Wheel Square&quot”. The former is located at the central underground passage near the entrance gate of the Yaesu underground central entrance, centered on a large silver bell. The original bell was hung in the central hall of Yaesu and moved to its current location after 1994. The latter is located on the north side of the ticket gate of the underground north of Marunouchi. Next to the west entrance of the North Freedom Passage, there is a large wall with three C62-15 steam locomotives (used in the past in the Tokaido line).

Kyoto (; 京都 Kyōto, Japanese: [kʲoꜜːto] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, Japanese: [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ), 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. As of 2018, the city had a population of 1.47 million. In 794, Kyoto (then known as Heian-kyō) was chosen as the new seat of Japan's imperial court. The Emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869, when the court relocated to Tokyo. The city was devastated during the Ōnin War in the 15th century and went into an extended period of decline, but gradually revived under the Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1868) and flourished as a major city in Japan. The modern municipality of Kyoto was established in 1889. The city was spared from large-scale destruction during World War II and as a result, its prewar cultural heritage has mostly been preserved. Kyoto is considered the cultural capital of Japan and a major tourist destination. It is home to numerous Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, palaces and gardens, many of which are listed collectively by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Prominent landmarks include the Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji and the Katsura Imperial Villa. Kyoto is also a center of higher learning, with Kyoto University being an institution of international renown.

Tokyo, (東京, Tōkyō, English: , Japanese: [toːkʲoː] ) officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2018, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu) and the city of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi). Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo. The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943, it merged with Tokyo Prefecture and became Tokyo Metropolis with an additional 26 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture, and the Izu islands and Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo. As of October 1, 2015, the population of Tokyo is estimated to be over 13.4 million, or about 11% of Japan's total population. The latest estimate in 2019 shows the growing population of Tokyo with 13.9 million people, with the special wards 9.6 million, the Tama area 4.2 million, and the Islands 25,147. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area called the Greater Tokyo Area with over 40 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. As of 2011, Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world at that time. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development Index. The city is home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. Tokyo ranks first in the Global Economic Power Index and third in the Global Cities Index. The GaWC's 2018 inventory classified Tokyo as an alpha+ world city – and as of 2014 TripAdvisor's World City Survey ranked Tokyo first in its "Best overall experience" category (the city also ranked first in the following categories: "helpfulness of locals", "nightlife", "shopping", "local public transportation" and "cleanliness of streets"). As of 2018 Tokyo ranked as the 2nd-most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Mercer consulting firm. and also the world's 11th-most expensive city according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's cost-of-living survey. In 2015, Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle. The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world. Tokyo was ranked first out of all sixty cities in the 2017 Safe Cities Index. It was also ranked the first in the 2019 safe cities index. The QS Best Student Cities ranked Tokyo as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student in 2016 and 2nd in 2018. Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1979 G-7 summit, the 1986 G-7 summit, and the 1993 G-7 summit, and will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics.