Myōgadani Station

Myogadani Station 茗荷谷駅
File:MyogadaniStation-entrance-March30-2015.jpg The main entrance (entrance No. 1), March 2015
Location	4-6-15 Kohinata, Bunkyō, Tokyo （東京都文京区小日向4-6-15） Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	M-23
History
Opened	1954
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)	66,404 daily

Myogadani Station (茗荷谷駅, Myōgadani-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Bunkyo, Tokyo, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Lines

Myogadani Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from Ogikubo and Ikebukuro.

Station layout

The station consists of two open-air side platforms on the first basement ("B1F") level serving two tracks. The station entrance is located at ground level.

Platforms

1	■ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Tokyo, Shinjuku, and Ogikubo
2	■ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Ikebukuro

• Myogadani-Station-2005-6-12 3.jpg

  Entrance No. 3, June 2005

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  The ticket barriers, September 2011

• Myogadani-Sta-from-Bridge.JPG

  Overview of the platforms, September 2011

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  The station platforms, September 2011

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-23)
Kōrakuen (M-22)		-	Shin-ōtsuka (M-24)

History

The station opened on 20 January 1954 with the opening of the first section of the Marunouchi Line from Ikebukuro to Ochanomizu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 66,404 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

• Atomi University Bunkyo campus
• Ochanomizu University
• Takushoku University Bunkyo campus
• University of Tsukuba Bunkyo campus

Located two stops from the large centre of Ikebukuro, Myogadani Station is in a central location but serves the mainly residential area of Koishikawa and is seldom busy except at rush hour. Surrounding the station is a small commercial area with a few shops, supermarkets, izakayas and restaurants. It is close to several of Tokyo's universities, including Ochanomizu University and University of Tsukuba. It is also close to the Koishikawa Botanical Garden, which is affiliated with the University of Tokyo.

The residential area just to the north of Kasuga-dori Avenue, on which the station is situated, is laden with parks and green belts, which is rare for such a central neighborhood. Tokyo's printing district is another point of interest in the area. Just south of the Koishikawa Botanical Garden is a neighborhood full of many tiny scale printing shops that are simply houses converted into printing enterprises, many of them situated on narrow streets which sometimes become congested with forklifts and trucks delivering paper and printed material.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Official website (Japanese)