Omote-sandō Station

Omote-sando Station (表参道駅, Omote-sandō-eki) is a Tokyo Metro subway station located at the intersection of Omotesandō (Avenue Omotesandō) and Aoyama-dori (Aoyama Street) in Aoyama, Minato ward, Tokyo, Japan. Part of the Chiyoda Line platforms extends into Shibuya ward.

C04 G02 Z02 Omote-sando Station 表参道駅
Omote-sando Station entrance, May 2010
Japanese name
Shinjitai	表参道駅
Kyūjitai	表参道駅
Hiragana	おもてさんどうえき
Literal meaning	Chart Join Way Station
General information
Location	3-6-12 Kita-aoyama, Minato City, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	C Chiyoda Line G Ginza Line Z Hanzōmon Line
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	C-04, G-02, Z-02
History
Opened	20 December 1938; 85 years ago (1938-12-20)
Previous names	Aoyama-rokuchōme (until 1978)
Passengers
FY2007[1]	151,667 daily
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Seijogakuen-Mae towards Hakone-Yumoto, Gotemba or Katase-Enoshima Romancecar Kasumigaseki C08 towards Kita-Senju Meiji-jingumae C03 towards Yoyogi-Uehara Chiyoda Line Nogizaka C05 towards Kita-Ayase Shibuya G01 Terminus Ginza Line Gaiemmae G03 towards Asakusa Shibuya Z01 Terminus Hanzōmon Line Aoyama-itchome Z03 towards Oshiage

Lines

Omote-sando Station is served by the following three lines.

• Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-04)
• Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-02)
• Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z-02)

Station layout

There are three levels at this station:

• B1: Ginza and Hanzomon Line platforms
• B2: Ticket hall / ticket gates / main concourse
• B3: Chiyoda Line platforms

All platforms are wheelchair accessible. There is same-direction cross-platform interchange between the Ginza and Hanzomon lines, making this a convenient transfer point on the Aoyama-dōri section of these lines. Passengers who wish to change to the JR lines or the Keio Inokashira Line at Shibuya often change to the Ginza line here; those who want the Tokyu Toyoko Line, the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line or the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line often change to the Hanzomon Line. While both the west-bound Ginza and Hanzomon Line goes to Shibuya station, they have separate fare control area at Shibuya, making transfers inconvenient.

• 
  Chiyoda Line Concourse, 2018

Platforms

The Chiyoda Line station has one island platform and two tracks. The Ginza/Hanzomon Lines station has two island platforms and four tracks. There are same-direction cross-platform interchanges in the Ginza/Hanzomon Lines station.

1	C Chiyoda Line	for Meiji-jingumae and Yoyogi-uehara Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
2	C Chiyoda Line	for Otemachi, Kita-senju, Ayase, and Kita-ayase JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase)
3	Z Hanzōmon Line	for Shibuya DT Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan
4	G Ginza Line	for Shibuya
5	G Ginza Line	for Akasaka-mitsuke, Ginza, Ueno, and Asakusa
6	Z Hanzomon Line	for Otemachi and Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi

• 
  Chiyoda Line Platform, 2021
• 
  Cross-platform interchange between Ginza Line and Hanzomon Line, 2018

History

The station was opened as the terminus of the Tokyo Rapid Railway from Toranomon as Aoyama-rokuchōme Station (青山六丁目駅) on November 18, 1938, at a site approx. 180 m southwest of its current location (between the current station and Shibuya Station). It became a through station later that year when the section to Shibuya opened on December 20. When through services from the Tokyo Underground Railway (from Asakusa) began on September 16, 1939, the station became Jingūmae Station (神宮前駅).^[2] This makes it the only Tokyo Metro station to have been renamed twice.^[when?]

The Chiyoda Line platforms at Omotesando Station opened on October 20, 1972; the Omotesando name was used to avoid confusion with Meiji-Jingūmae Station, the next stop on the Chiyoda Line toward Yoyogi-Uehara. From 1972 to 1977, Omotesando and Jingumae were separate stations for the Chiyoda and Ginza lines respectively. In 1977, the Ginza Line moved to a temporary station on the northeast side of Omotesando Station, pending completion of the Hanzomon Line platforms. The new platforms for the Hanzomon Line and Ginza Line opened on August 1, 1978. The space used for the old Jingumae Station remains visible from the Ginza Line tunnel as of 2015.^[2]

Scenes of the 2003 film Lost in Translation were filmed there at the Hanzōmon and Ginza lines platform.^[3]

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[4]

PASMO smart card coverage at this station began operation on 18 March 2007.^[5]

Surrounding area

• Omotesandō, Aoyama and Harajuku area
• Aoyama Gakuin
• Headquarters of the United Nations University
• Nezu Museum
• Chōkoku-ji (長谷寺), also known as Azabu Ō-Kannon (麻布大観音) (Sōtō-shū temple) - located in Nishi-Azabu

References

1. "Tokyo Metro Statistics (FY2007)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 22, 2008.
2. 河尻, 定 (19 June 2015). "裏参道はどこに 表参道駅に移転・改称の歴史". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
3. "Lost in Translation (2003) - Filming & production - IMDb". IMDb.
4. "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 2006-07-08. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
5. "PASMOは ３月１８日（日）サービスを開始します" [PASMO - The service will start on Sunday, March 18th.] (PDF) (in Japanese). 21 December 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

External links

• Official website

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