Yakuin

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.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station and metro station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Yakuin Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Watanabe-dōri Station and Yakuin-ōdōri Station.

Watanabe-dōri Station

Metro station

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Watanabe-dōri Station is a train station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. Watanabe-dōri means "Mr. Watanabe's avenue" in Japanese, to commemorate Yohatirō Watanabe 's efforts to establish the tram line here in 1911. Watanabe-dōri Station is situated 360 metres northeast of Yakuin.

Yakuin-ōdōri Station

Metro station

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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. Yakuin-ōdōri Station is situated 500 metres southwest of Yakuin.

Kego Park

Park

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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.