Gion Station

Gion Station is a train station located in , in . Its station symbol is a young male dressed in happi, representing the famous Hakata Gion Yamakasa, held in July each year.
commons.wikimedia.org
Wikipedia
Ribbon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Metro station
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Description: metro station in Fukuoka, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Gion”
    “Gion-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tōchō-ji and Hexagonal Hall.
Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Shingon temple in , Fukuoka, . is situated 100 metres north of Gion Station.
Hirho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a shrine.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gokusho and Nakasu.
Hirho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a quarter.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the red-light district of Fukuoka City, , .
Hirho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a quarter.

Gion Station

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
33.59434° or 33° 35′ 40″ north
Longitude
130.41432° or 130° 24′ 52″ east
Open location code
8Q5GHCV7+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7733299021
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
7562846
Wiki­data ID
Q4357517

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Burmese to Urdu—“Gion Station” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဂိအွန်းဘူတာ (ဖုခုအိုခ)”
  • Burmese: “ဂိအွန်းဘူတာ”
  • Chinese: “祇園站 (福岡縣)”
  • Chinese: “祇園站”
  • Chinese: “祇園車站 (福岡縣)”
  • Chinese: “祇園車站”
  • Finnish: “Gionin asema”
  • Finnish: “Gionin metroasema”
  • French: “Gion”
  • German: “U-Bahnhof Gion”
  • Italian: “Gion”
  • Japanese: “ぎおん”
  • Japanese: “ぎおんえき”
  • Japanese: “ぎをんえき” (historical)
  • Japanese: “祇園”
  • Japanese: “祇園駅”
  • Japanese: “祗園駅”
  • Korean: “기온 역”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґіон”
  • Urdu: “گیون اسٹیشن (فوکوکا)”
  • Urdu: “گیون اسٹیشن”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Reisenmachi and Gionmachi.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Gion and 地鐵祇園站2.

Fukuoka: Highlights

Learn more about Kitakyushu and Kurume.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.