is a subway station on the Fukuoka City Subway

Fukuoka City Subway

The serves Fukuoka, Japan. It consists of three subway lines, the Kūkō, or Airport Line, the Hakozaki Line and the Nanakuma Line).The lines are operated by the . Unlike most other public operators in Japan, the company only operates subways without any bus lines....

 Hakozaki Line in Hakata-ku

Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is best known as the location of Fukuoka's main train station, Hakata Station.-Geography:...

, Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Its station symbol is the face of Ebisu

Ebisu (mythology)

Ebisu , also transliterated Yebisu or called Hiruko or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami , is the Japanese god of fishermen, luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children...

 in violet.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Vicinity

• Fukuoka Prefectural Government
• Prefectural Police Head Station
• several Elementary and High Schools
• Sofuku-ji Temple
  Sōfuku-ji (Fukuoka)
  is a Rinzai temple in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is . The temple originated in Dazaifu in 1241, but was moved to its present location in 1600 after it became the Kuroda family temple.-External links:*...
  
  
• Higashi Park

History

• September 12, 1983: Decision about building the station
• April 27, 1984: Opening of the station
• January 31, 1986: Line connecting from

Other

In its planning phase the name "Chiyomachi Station" has been used, due to its location in the Chiyo area. But because it's near the Prefectural Government Agency the final name is Chiyo-Kenchōguchi.

External links

• Fukuoka City Subway station information