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Hakata Station (博多駅, Hakata-eki) is a major railway station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in Kyushu, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travelers coming from Honshu by rail travel. The San'yō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station. The station was rebuilt in 2011.
The Hakataminami Line (博多南線, Hakataminami-sen) is an 8.5-kilometre-long (5.3 mi) railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, connecting Hakata Station in Fukuoka with Hakataminami Station in Kasuga. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). [1]
View of Hakata Shinkansen Depot yard from platform of Hakata-Minami Station (March 2008) Hakataminami Station (博多南駅, Hakataminami-eki) is a railway station on the Hakataminami Line in Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
It includes public and private rail and highway networks; airports for international, domestic, and general aviation; buses; motorcycle delivery services, walking, bicycling, and commercial shipping. The foci of the public transport system are Hakata Station, Tenjin Station, and Kokura Station, in Fukuoka and Kitakyushu cities respectively ...
The Kyushu Railway Company [2], also referred to as JR Kyushu (JR九州, Jeiāru Kyūshū), is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.
The Hakata doll gained fame when American soldiers took them back to the US as souvenirs during the American occupation of Japan following the Second World War. Japan started exporting Hakata dolls soon afterwards. At the same time, the Hakata doll became well known domestically, and factories began producing Hakata dolls of lesser quality.
Nakasu-Kawabata Station (中洲川端駅, Nakasu-Kawabata-eki) is a subway station on the Hakozaki Line and Kūkō Line located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka in Japan. The station's symbole mark is Chinese characters " 中 " and " 川 " look like Happi 's motif.
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks, connected by an elevated station building. The station building is located under the elevated Kyushu Shinkansen tracks on the east side of the station, and although it is an elevated station, the station building is located east of the platforms. Two through-tracks run on either ...