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{{short description|Railway station in Tokyo, Japan}}
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| caption = Harajuku Station building in March 2020
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{{nihongo|'''Harajuku Station'''|原宿駅|Harajuku-eki}} is a railway station in [[Shibuya]], [[Tokyo]], Japan, operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East). The station takes its name from the area on its eastern side, [[Harajuku]].


==Lines==
'''Harajuku Station''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: &#21407;&#23487;&#39365; ''-eki'') is a station on the [[Japan Railway|JR]] [[Yamanote Line]] located in [[Tokyo]]'s [[Shibuya]] Ward, adjacent to [[Yoyogi Park]]. The station was opened on [[October 30]], [[1906]].
This station is served by the circular [[Yamanote Line]]. It is also adjacent to [[Meiji-Jingumae Station]] on the [[Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line|Tokyo Metro Chiyoda]] and [[Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line|Fukutoshin]] Lines, and is marked as an interchange on most route maps, although there is no physical connection between the two stations.


==Station layout==
The station takes its name from the area on its eastern side, [[Harajuku]].
[[File:Harajuku Station 200321p.jpg|thumb|The Yamanote line platforms in 2020]]


The station consists of a two side platforms serving two tracks. The station was initially an island platform with an additional temporary platform for the [[Shinjuku Station|Shinjuku]] direction during major events only. The temporary platform was made permanent during the 2020 renovations, and the two platforms now serve different directions.
==Line==


The main entrance is at the southern end of the station. A smaller entrance leading to the centre of the platform is convenient for [[Takeshita Street]], a famous area in Harajuku.
Harajuku is served by the Yamanote line. All trains call here.


[[File:Harajuku-Kyutei-Platform.jpg|thumb|Outside of the Imperial train platform]]
The [[Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line|Chiyoda Line]] [[Meiji Jingumae Station]] is
To the north of the station there is a separate platform serving a loop on the east side of the freight line for use by the [[Royal Train#Japan|Imperial train]]. The platform has not been used since 2001, in part because the opening of the [[Shonan-Shinjuku Line]] has made it more difficult to schedule special charters on the Yamanote Line corridor (the most recent use of the official Imperial train, in 2008, was to and from [[Ueno Station]]).{{Update inline|date=October 2024}} The points, signals and rails incidental to the platform are in disrepair, making it impossible to use the platform without some refurbishment.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=ja: 原宿駅の北、宮廷ホームひっそり 皇室専用、９年不使用|url=http://www.asahi.com/special/playback/TKY201008300426.html|access-date=6 July 2014|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=2010-08-31}}</ref>
immediately adjacent to Harajuku Station and is marked as an interchange on
route maps, although there is no physical connection between
the two stations.


===Platforms===
Harajuku is also the station used by the Imperial Train for journeys beginning and ending in Tokyo.
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name=Yamanote Line|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|dir=for {{STN|Shibuya}} and {{STN|Shinagawa}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|first=3|name=Yamanote Line|symbol={{JRLS|JY}}|dir=for {{STN|Shinjuku}} and {{STN|Ikebukuro}}}}


==Layout==
==History==
[[File:Harajuku Station2.jpg|thumb|Original station building in 2016]]
The station opened on 30 October 1906.<ref name="jnr1985">{{cite book |script-title=ja: 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 |trans-title=JNR Station Directory | publisher = Japanese National Railways | year = 1985 | location = Japan | page = 28| isbn = 4-533-00503-9}}</ref>


[[Platform edge doors]] were installed on the platforms in November 2014, and brought into operation from December.<ref name="railfan20141112">{{cite web |url=http://railf.jp/news/2014/11/12/120000.html |script-title=ja: 山手線原宿駅に可動式ホーム柵が設置される |trans-title=Platform edge doors installed at Yamanote Line Harajuku Station |date= 12 November 2014|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language=ja|access-date= 12 November 2014}}</ref>
The station consists of a single island platform. A temporary platform is located on the west side of the station usable by trains travelling towards [[Shinjuku Station|Shinjuku]] which is used when major events occur in the area, especially around New Year when many people visit the [[Meiji Shrine]].


[[Station numbering]] was introduced in 2016 with Harajuku being assigned station number JY19.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2016 |title=⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します |trans-title=Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=jreast.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kusamachi |first=Yoshikazu |date=7 April 2016 |title=JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ |trans-title=JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-date=6 August 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Response Automotive Media |language=ja}}</ref>


===2020 renovations===
[[Image:Harajuku-eki-april-2002.jpg|frame|right|''Harajuku Station at night'']]
In June 2016, JR East announced plans to rebuild the station ahead of the 2020 Olympics in order to alleviate overcrowding.<ref name="jreast20160608">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160605.pdf|script-title=ja:駅改良の工事計画について |trans-title=Station rebuilding plans|date=8 June 2016|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 1 August 2016}}</ref> A new station building was to be built by JR East at the station's Meiji-Jingu entrance. A temporary platform used during busy periods will become the permanent platform for trains heading north through the station.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=8 June 2016|script-title=ja:駅改良の工事計画について|trans-title=Station Improvement Construction Plans|url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160605.pdf|language=ja|publisher=East Japan Railway Company|access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=JR East to rebuild Tokyo's Harajuku Station amid tourism boom|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/07/business/jr-east-rebuild-tokyos-harajuku-station-amid-tourism-boom/|access-date=8 June 2016|work=The Japan Times|date=2016-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McGee|first1=Oona|title=Japan's Harajuku Station to be rebuilt ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics|url=http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/06/08/japans-harajuku-station-to-be-rebuilt-ahead-of-2020-tokyo-olympics/|access-date=8 June 2016|work=RocketNews24|date=2016-06-08}}</ref> The new station building and platform opened on 21 March 2020, in time for the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]] and [[2020 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]].<ref name=nhk191119>{{Cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191119_55/|title=Old wooden Harajuku Station to be demolished {{!}} NHK WORLD-JAPAN News|website=NHK WORLD|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200321_12/|title=New Harajuku Station building opens {{!}} NHK WORLD-JAPAN News|website=NHK WORLD|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> JR East decided in November 2019 to demolish the old station building at the Takeshita entrance on safety grounds after the Paralympics, and replace it with a safer structure constructed in a similar style.<ref name=nhk191119/>


In 2024, East Japan Railway Company (JR east) made an announcement that the original 1924 station building, which was the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, will be returning as part of a new development project. The construction is set to run in 2026, with the opening of the commercial facility scheduled for the winter of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeout.com: "Harajuku is bringing back its original 100-year-old station building" |url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/harajukus-original-wooden-station-building-is-making-a-comeback-050724}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-26 |title=Harajuku Station’s beautiful old wooden building is set to return, with a new complex around it |url=https://soranews24.com/2024/04/26/harajuku-stations-beautiful-old-wooden-building-is-set-to-return-with-a-new-complex-around-it/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=SoraNews24 -Japan News- |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Passenger statistics==
The main entrance is at the southern end of the station. A smaller entrance in the centre of the platform is convenient for [[Takeshita Street|Takeshita-d&#333;ri]].
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 70,866 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the sixtieth-busiest station operated by JR East.<ref name="jreast2013stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 25 September 2014}}</ref> The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.


{| class="wikitable"
To the east of the Yamanote line platform there is a separate platform for the Imperial train.
|-
! Fiscal year !! Daily average
|-
| 2000 || 71,364<ref name="jreast2000stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 23 January 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2005 || 73,446<ref name="jreast2005stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 23 January 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || 71,456<ref name="jreast2010stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 23 January 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || 69,750<ref name="jreast2011stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 23 January 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || 71,472<ref name="jreast2012stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 25 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || 70,866<ref name="jreast2013stats"/>
|}


==Adjacent Stations==
==Surrounding area==
* [[Meiji Shrine]]
* [[Yoyogi Park]]
* [[Takeshita Street]]


==See also==
<table border="1">
{{Portal|Tokyo}}
<tr>
* [[List of railway stations in Japan]]
<td bgcolor="#33CC00">Yamanote Line</td>
* [[Transport in Greater Tokyo]]
<td>[[Shibuya Station|Shibuya]]</td>
<td>Harajuku</td>
<td>[[Yoyogi Station|Yoyogi]]</td>
</tr>
</table>


==References==
[[de:Bahnhof Harajuku]]
{{Reflist}}
[[ja:&#21407;&#23487;&#39365;]]


== External links ==
[[Category:Kanto Region Rail Stations|Harajuku Station]]
{{Commons category}}
[[Category:Railway Stations of Japan|Harajuku Station]]
* {{Official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1256}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Yamanote Line}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1906]]
[[Category:Harajuku]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company]]
[[Category:Yamanote Line]]

Latest revision as of 08:33, 16 October 2024

35°40′13″N 139°42′10″E / 35.670162°N 139.70269°E / 35.670162; 139.70269

JY19
Harajuku Station

原宿駅
Harajuku Station building in March 2020
General information
Location1 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo
 Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JY Yamanote Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsC03 F15 Meiji-jingumae Station
Other information
Station codeJY19
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 October 1906; 118 years ago (1906-10-30)
Rebuilt2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Passengers
FY201370,866 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Shibuya
SBYJY20
Next counter-clockwise
 Yamanote Line Yoyogi
JY18
Next clockwise
Location
Harajuku Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Harajuku Station
Harajuku Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Harajuku Station is located in Tokyo
Harajuku Station
Harajuku Station
Harajuku Station (Tokyo)
Harajuku Station is located in Japan
Harajuku Station
Harajuku Station
Harajuku Station (Japan)

Harajuku Station (原宿駅, Harajuku-eki) is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station takes its name from the area on its eastern side, Harajuku.

Lines

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This station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. It is also adjacent to Meiji-Jingumae Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda and Fukutoshin Lines, and is marked as an interchange on most route maps, although there is no physical connection between the two stations.

Station layout

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The Yamanote line platforms in 2020

The station consists of a two side platforms serving two tracks. The station was initially an island platform with an additional temporary platform for the Shinjuku direction during major events only. The temporary platform was made permanent during the 2020 renovations, and the two platforms now serve different directions.

The main entrance is at the southern end of the station. A smaller entrance leading to the centre of the platform is convenient for Takeshita Street, a famous area in Harajuku.

Outside of the Imperial train platform

To the north of the station there is a separate platform serving a loop on the east side of the freight line for use by the Imperial train. The platform has not been used since 2001, in part because the opening of the Shonan-Shinjuku Line has made it more difficult to schedule special charters on the Yamanote Line corridor (the most recent use of the official Imperial train, in 2008, was to and from Ueno Station).[needs update] The points, signals and rails incidental to the platform are in disrepair, making it impossible to use the platform without some refurbishment.[1]

Platforms

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1 JY Yamanote Line for Shibuya and Shinagawa
2 JY Yamanote Line for Shinjuku and Ikebukuro

History

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Original station building in 2016

The station opened on 30 October 1906.[2]

Platform edge doors were installed on the platforms in November 2014, and brought into operation from December.[3]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Harajuku being assigned station number JY19.[4][5]

2020 renovations

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In June 2016, JR East announced plans to rebuild the station ahead of the 2020 Olympics in order to alleviate overcrowding.[6] A new station building was to be built by JR East at the station's Meiji-Jingu entrance. A temporary platform used during busy periods will become the permanent platform for trains heading north through the station.[7][8][9] The new station building and platform opened on 21 March 2020, in time for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.[10][11] JR East decided in November 2019 to demolish the old station building at the Takeshita entrance on safety grounds after the Paralympics, and replace it with a safer structure constructed in a similar style.[10]

In 2024, East Japan Railway Company (JR east) made an announcement that the original 1924 station building, which was the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo, will be returning as part of a new development project. The construction is set to run in 2026, with the opening of the commercial facility scheduled for the winter of that year.[12][13]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 70,866 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the sixtieth-busiest station operated by JR East.[14] The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 71,364[15]
2005 73,446[16]
2010 71,456[17]
2011 69,750[18]
2012 71,472[19]
2013 70,866[14]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 原宿駅の北、宮廷ホームひっそり 皇室専用、９年不使用. Asahi Shimbun. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 28. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. ^ 山手線原宿駅に可動式ホーム柵が設置される [Platform edge doors installed at Yamanote Line Harajuku Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  6. ^ 駅改良の工事計画について [Station rebuilding plans] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. ^ 駅改良の工事計画について [Station Improvement Construction Plans] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  8. ^ "JR East to rebuild Tokyo's Harajuku Station amid tourism boom". The Japan Times. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  9. ^ McGee, Oona (2016-06-08). "Japan's Harajuku Station to be rebuilt ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics". RocketNews24. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Old wooden Harajuku Station to be demolished | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  11. ^ "New Harajuku Station building opens | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  12. ^ "Timeout.com: "Harajuku is bringing back its original 100-year-old station building"".
  13. ^ "Harajuku Station's beautiful old wooden building is set to return, with a new complex around it". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  14. ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  15. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  16. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  17. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  18. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  19. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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