Kokusai-Tenjijō Station

Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (国際展示場駅, Kokusai-Tenjijō-eki; lit. "International Exhibition Centre Station") is a railway station on the Rinkai Line in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR). The station serves the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre, after which the station is named.

R03 Kokusai-Tenjijō Station 国際展示場駅
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station, January 2025
General information
Location	Kōtō, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Rinkai Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	R03
History
Opened	30 March 1996; 29 years ago (30 March 1996)
Passengers
FY2014	33,308 daily
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Following station Tokyo Teleport R04 towards Ōsaki Rinkai Line Shinonome R02 towards Shin-Kiba
Location Kokusai-Tenjijō Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Kokusai-Tenjijō Station Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Kokusai-Tenjijō Station Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kokusai-Tenjijō Station is served by the Rinkai Line from Ōsaki to Shin-Kiba. The station is situated between Tokyo Teleport and Shinonome stations, and is 3.51 km from the starting point of the Rinkai Line at Shin-Kiba.^[1]

Services

Many trains inter-run over the JR East Saikyo Line and Kawagoe Line to Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.

Station layout

The station has a single underground island platform serving two tracks.^[1]

Chest-height platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the platform during fiscal 2018.^[2]

Artwork by Osamu Tezuka

In 2019, a 2.6 by 8.8-meter large ceramic relief by Manga legend Osamu Tezuka was permanently installed.^[3] It was produced by the well-known ceramic studio CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio which spent roughly ten months creating this artwork.

History

The station opened on 30 March 1996.^[4]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Kokusai-Tenjijō being assigned station number R03.^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 33,308 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the third busiest station on the Rinkai Line, after Osaki and Oimachi.^[2]

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  The platforms, March 2022

Surrounding area

• Ariake Station (Yurikamome)
• Tokyo Big Sight
• Panasonic Centre Tokyo
• Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research Hospital
• Tokyo Fashion Town ("TFT")
• Ariake Coliseum
• Musashino University

Hotels

• Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel^[6]
• Hotel Sunroute Ariake

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan