Sengen-chō Station

Sengen-chō Station (浅間町駅, Sengen-chō-eki) is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

T05 Sengen-chō Station 浅間町駅
Nagoya Municipal Subway station
Sengen-chō Station, 1st entrance
General information
Location	Sengen 1-206, Nishi, Nagoya, Aichi （名古屋市西区浅間一丁目206） Japan
Operated by	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s)	Tsurumai Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	T05
History
Opened	27 November 1981; 43 years ago (27 November 1981)
Passengers
2007	4,304 daily
Services
Preceding station Nagoya Municipal Subway Following station Jōshin T04 towards Kami-Otai Tsurumai Line Marunouchi T06 towards Akaike

Station platform 2 towards Kami-Otai and Inuyama (2010)

History

It was opened on 27 November 1981; 43 years ago (1981-11-27). It was the first railway station in Japan to allow homosexual men to kiss and hold hands.

Location

Located nearby the station are:

• Nagoya Northern Prefecture Tax Office
• Nagoya Noh Theater
• Hotel Nagoya Castle
• Seto Shinkin Bank, Ltd.
• Sanguez Head Office
• Fuji Asama Shrine
• Dzoji Temple
• Nagoya City Wpansa Elementary School
• Nagoya City Eno Elementary School
• Nagoya City Kikui Junior High School
• Ami Gakuen Keimeigakukan High School Kikui Campus
• Nagoya Expressway No. 6 Kiyosu Line Meido-cho Entrance
• Nagoya-do-Jiangkawa Line, Prefectural Road Nagoya-Gangnam Line (same road)
• Kikunoo-do (National Route 22)

Lines

• Nagoya Municipal Subway
  • Tsurumai Line (Station number: T05)

Layout

Platforms

1	■ Tsurumai Line	For Fushimi, Akaike, Toyotashi
2	■ Tsurumai Line	For Kami-Otai and Inuyama

On Platform 1, door 12 is closest to the elevator, and on Platform 2, door 9 is closest to the elevator. There is one wicket. That station has a handicapped-accessible bathroom with a baby changing area, a coin locker, public phones, and ticket machines.^[1]