Yakuin-ōdōri Station

Yakuin-ōdōri Station is a train station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. This station's symbol mark is an elephant's head and a flower because it's near the Zoo and Botanical Garden.

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Type: Metro station
Description: metro station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Yakuin-ōdōri”, “Yakuin-odori-eki”, and “Yakuin-ōdōri-eki”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fukuoka Teishin Hospital and Yakuin.

Fukuoka Teishin Hospital

Hospital

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Fukuoka Teishin Hospital is situated 280 metres west of Yakuin-ōdōri Station.

Yakuin

Railway station

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Yakuin Station is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. The above ground portion is operated by the private transportation company Nishi-Nippon Railroad, and has station number T02, and the underground portion is operated by the Fukuoka City Subway The subway station's symbol mark is a mortar and pestle, because 薬院 means medicinal plant botanical garden in Japanese. Yakuin is situated 500 metres northeast of Yakuin-ōdōri Station.

Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden

Zoo

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The Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden, also known as the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden, is a zoo and botanical garden established in 1953 and located within Minami-koen at 1-1, Minami-Koen, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden is situated 1 km southwest of Yakuin-ōdōri Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tenjin and Nakasu.

Tenjin

Quarter

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Tenjin is a quarter.

Nakasu

Quarter

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Nakasu is the red-light district of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is an island between the sandbank of the Naka River and the Hakata River.