Kawaramachi Station (Kyoto)
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Kawaramachi station (河原町駅 Kawaramachi eki) is the terminal station of the Hankyu Kyoto Line (Hankyu Railway) in Kyoto, Japan. The Kawaramachi and Shijo streets cross over the underground station. Keihan Shijo Station is located beyond the Kamo River.
The real estate around Kawaramachi station was at one time one of the most valuable in Japan before the real estate bubble burst in the early '90s.
Currently, the station is attached underground to department stores such as Takashimaya, which has an eclectic food market on its basement floor. The station also connects underground to Karasuma Station (烏丸駅).
Umeda – Jūsō – Minamikata – Sōzenji – Awaji – Kami-Shinjō – Aikawa – Shōjaku – Minami-Ibaraki – Ibaraki-shi – Sōjiji – Tonda – Takatsuki-shi – Kammaki – Minase – Ōyamazaki – Nagaoka-Tenjin – Nishi-Mukō – Higashi-Mukō – Rakusaiguchi – Katsura – Nishi-Kyōgoku – Saiin – Ōmiya - Karasuma - Kawaramachi