Yamazaki Station (Kyoto)
Encyclopedia
is a train station
on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Tōkaidō Main Line
(JR Kyōto Line
) in Ōyamazaki
, Otokuni District
, Kyoto Prefecture
, Japan
.
s with four tracks.
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...
on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
Tōkaidō Main Line
Tokaido Main Line
The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
(JR Kyōto Line
JR Kyoto Line
The is the common name of a portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station. The line is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company ....
) in Ōyamazaki
Oyamazaki, Kyoto
is a town located in Otokuni District, Kyoto, Japan.As of April 1, 2008, the town has an estimated population of 15,203 and a density of 2,527 persons per km²...
, Otokuni District
Otokuni District, Kyoto
Otokuni is a district located in Kyoto, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 15,493 and a density of 2,595.14 persons per km². The total area is 5.97 km².-Towns and villages:*Ōyamazaki...
, Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....
, 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...
.
Structure
There are ticket machines and ticket gates in the lower level than two island platformIsland 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...
s with four tracks.
Around the station
- Bus stop for Keihan Bus (Operated for Kyoto RacecourseKyoto Racecourseis located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. It was built in 1999. It has 28,000 seats.-Physical attributes:Kyoto Race Course has two turf courses, a dirt course, and a jump course....
when JRA Horse Racing is held) - Bus stop for Keihan City Bus (Route 13 for Keihan )
- Bus stop for Hankyu Bus (Route 18 for Hankyu and JR Nagaokakyo via Oyamazaki Town Hall, Koizumibashi and Tomooka)
- Oyamazaki StationOyamazaki Stationis a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Oyamazaki, Otokuni District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.-Stations next to Ōyamazaki:...
(Hankyu RailwayHankyu Railwayis a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...
Kyoto Line) - Suntory Yamazaki DistilleryYamazaki Distilleryis a Japanese whisky distillery located in Shimamoto, Osaka, owned by Suntory. It was opened in 1923 and was Japan's first whisky distillery. Seven thousand bottles of unblended malt whisky are on display in the "Whisky Library".- History :...