Asakusa Station

Summary

Asakusa Station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #122 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asakusa Station is located in Hanakawado^[3].
• Asakusa Station is located in Asakusa^[4].
• Asakusa Station is located in Komagata^[5].
• Asakusa Station is in the country of Japan^[6].
• Asakusa Station's transport network is recorded as Tokyo Metro^[7].
• Asakusa Station's transport network is recorded as Tokyo subway^[8].
• Asakusa Station's transport network is recorded as Toei Subway^[9].
• Asakusa Station's transport network is recorded as Tobu Main Lines^[10].
• Asakusa Station's image is recorded as Tobu-Asakusa-station-2018.jpg^[11].
• Asakusa Station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[12].
• Asakusa Station's instance of is recorded as metro station^[13].
• Asakusa Station's instance of is recorded as underground station^[14].
• Asakusa Station's instance of is recorded as elevated station^[15].
• Asakusa Station's instance of is recorded as interchange station^[16].
• Asakusa Station's instance of is recorded as dead-end railway station^[17].
• Asakusa Station's connecting line is recorded as Tōbu Isesaki Line^[18].
• Asakusa Station's connecting line is recorded as Asakusa Line^[19].
• Asakusa Station's connecting line is recorded as Ginza Line^[20].
• Asakusa Station's owned by is recorded as Tobu Railway^[21].
• Asakusa Station's owned by is recorded as Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation^[22].
• Asakusa Station's owned by is recorded as Tokyo Metro^[23].
• Asakusa Station's operator is recorded as Tobu Railway^[24].
• Asakusa Station's operator is recorded as Tokyo Metro^[25].
• Asakusa Station's operator is recorded as Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation^[26].
• Asakusa is named after Asakusa Station^[27].

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Geography

Asakusa Station is in the country of Japan^[6]. Located in include Hanakawado^[3], a chōchō^[28], in Japan^[29]; Asakusa^[4], a chōchō^[30], in Japan^[31]; and Komagata^[5], a chōchō^[32], in Japan^[33]. Its part of is recorded as 100 stations of Kantō^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station^[12], metro station^[13], underground station^[14], elevated station^[15], interchange station^[16], and dead-end railway station^[17].

History and Context

+1927-12-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Asakusa Station^[35]. Owners include Tobu Railway^[21], a major railway company^[36], in Japan^[37], founded in 1897^[38], headquartered in Oshiage^[39]; Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation^[22], a transit district^[40], in Japan^[41], founded in 1911^[42], headquartered in Tokyo City Hall Tower II^[43]; and Tokyo Metro^[23], a major railway company^[44], in Japan^[45], founded in 2004^[46], headquartered in Higashi-Ueno^[47]. Asakusa is named after it^[27].

Why It Matters

Asakusa Station ranks in the top 0.66% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #122 of 18,574).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]