Marutamachi Station

Marutamachi Station is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Type: Railway stop
Description: metro station in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Marutamachi” and “Marutamachi-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyoto International Manga Museum and Daimaru Villa.

Kyoto International Manga Museum

Museum

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The Kyoto International Manga Museum is located in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The museum's collection includes approximately 300,000 items as of 2016, with 50,000 volumes of manga that can be accessed and read by visitors and approximately 250,000 items in its closed-stack collection, which can be accessed via a dedicated research room supported by reference facilities. Kyoto International Manga Museum is situated 510 metres south of Marutamachi Station.

Daimaru Villa

Historic building

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Daimaru Villa is a historic building, which is situated 190 metres north of Marutamachi Station.

Kyoto Imperial Palace

Castle

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The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi or Kinri, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1331 to 1869 located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Imperial Palace is situated 1 km north of Marutamachi Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kyoto-Gyoen and Kamigyō-ku.

Kyoto-Gyoen

Neighborhood

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Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Kamigyō-ku

Suburb

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Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō.