Clock in Kyoto Station, designed by Tezuka Osamu, the creator of Astroboy, who lived in Kyoto

Kyoto Station ( Japanese: 京都駅, -eki) is the most important transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest train station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one fifteen-story roof. It also houses the Kyoto City Air Terminal .

1 History

The first Kyoto Station opened for service by decree of Emperor Meiji in 1878. It was replaced by a newer, Renaissance-inspired facility in 1914, which featured a broad square leading from the station to Shichijo Avenue. Before and during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, the square was often used by imperial motorcades when HirohitoHirohito , the Showa Emperor , ( April 29, 1901 January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. He was known in the West by his given name Hirohito (he had no surname). He was the 124th Emperor of Japan. His reign was the longest of all Japanese em traveled between Kyoto and TokyoTokyo (; Tokyo lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the world's largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million: the image of Kyoto Station with its giant Rising SunRising Sun is the name of several places in the United States of America: Rising Sun, Indiana Rising Sun, Maryland In addition, without the space, there is: Risingsun, Ohio There is also a book and movie named Rising Sun. flags became a well-known image of the imperial era. This station burned to the ground in 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. and was replaced by a more utilitarian concrete facility by the following March.

The current Kyoto Station opened in 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t, commemorating Kyoto's 1,200-year anniversary. It is 70 meters high and 470 meters from east to west, with a total floor area of 238,000 square meters. ArchitecturallyArchitecture is the art and science of designing buildings. A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of fu, it exhibits many characteristics of futurismThis article is about the art movement, futurism. Futurist is also another word for Futurologist. Futurism was a 20th century art movement. Although a nascent Futurism can been seen surfacing throughout the very early years of that century, the 1907 essay, with a slightly irregular cubic facade of plate glass over a steel frame. The architect was Hiroshi Hara. Kyoto, one of the least modern cities in Japan by virtue of its many cultural heritages, was largely reluctant to accept such an ambitious structure in the mid- 1990s: the station's completion began a wave of new high-rise developments in the city that culminated with the 20-story Kyocera Building . For this, there are opinions criticizing the station design for taking part in breaking down the traditional cityscape.