is an underground terminus

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 of the Minatomirai Line subway located in Naka-ku, Yokohama

Naka-ku, Yokohama

is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 146,563and a density of 7,080 persons per km². The total area was 20.86 km².-Geography:...

, Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is 4.1 kilometers from the opposite terminus of the Minatomirai Line at Yokohama Station

Yokohama Station

is a main interchange station located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the 5th busiest in Japan as of 2004, serving 2.05 million passengers daily.-Lines:Yokohama Station is served by the following lines:...

. Its official name, as shown on signage in the station, is with the sub-name in parentheses although the use of this name is limited. Trains inter-run with the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line from Shibuya Station

Shibuya Station

is a train station located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the fourth-busiest commuter rail station in Japan handling a large amount of commuter traffic between the center city and suburbs to the south and west.-JR East:*Saikyō Line /...

.

History

Motomachi-Chūkagai Station opened on February 1, 2004 with the opening of the Minatomirai Line.

Station layout

Motomachi-Chūkagai Station is an underground station with a single island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 - 2

■Minatomirai Line

・ ・ (■Tōkyū Tōyoko Line) to

Surrounding area

• Yokohama Chinatown
  Yokohama Chinatown
  Yokohama Chinatown is located in Yokohama, Japan, which is located just south of Tokyo. Its history is about 150 years long...
  
   - One of the largest Chinatown
  Chinatown
  A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of overseas Chinese people, although it is often generalized to include various Southeast Asian people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. Binondo's Chinatown located in Manila,...
  
  s in the world with over 500 shops and restaurants. Exit from the Chūkagai Exit of the station.
• Motomachi Shopping Street - A fashionable shopping street, with stores carrying original style clothing and shoes, foreign imports, and European goods. Exit from the Motomachi Exit of the station.
• Yamate
  Yamate
  is the name of two neighborhoods in Naka-ku, Yokohama. One is the historic Yamate Bluff area, with the Foreigner's Cemetery, many well-preserved residences, two International Schools—Yokohama International School and Saint Maur International School—and the Sacred Heart Cathedral...
  
   and Bluff areas - A historic neighborhood with many old foreign residences. Exit from the Motomachi Exit of the station, and walk east up the hill.
• Yokohama Marine Tower
  Yokohama Marine Tower
  is a 106 metre high lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 100 metres in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan.The light characteristic is marked by a flash every twenty seconds, whereby the light's colour is alternating red and green...
  
   - The tallest lighthouse in the world. Exit from the Marine Tower Exit of the station, and walk north.
• Yamashita Park http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/spot/spot1000.html - A park facing Yokohama Harbor. Exit from the Yamashita Park Exit of the station, and walk north towards the ocean.
• Hotel New Grand
  Hotel New Grand
  The is a historic hotel in Yokohama, Japan, overlooking Yamashita Park. It opened in 1927, four years after the Great Kantō earthquake devastated much of the city...
  
  - One of the oldest hotels in Yokohama. Exit from the Yamashita Park Exit of the station, and walk north.

Adjacent stations

External links

• Motomachi-Chūkagai Station (Minatomirai Line Official Website)