Tsukiyama Station
Encyclopedia
is a train station
in Yamatotakada
, Nara Prefecture
, Japan
.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Yamatotakada
Yamatotakada, Nara
is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.The city continues to develop as a local business and government center in the center of Nara Prefecture.- History :...
, Nara Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....
, 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...
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Layout
- There are two side platformSide platformA Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s with two tracks on the ground.
- The entrance/exit is convenient for Northeast-bound passengers, but Southeast-bound passengers must walk up a flight of stairs, across the tracks, and down a flight of stairs.
- Two parks are located close to this station:
- Otani Park, built around a small ancient burial mound and with a fountain and pond, and
- Tsukiyama Childrens' Park, which is also built on a burial mount and is next to the much larger Tsukiyama burial mound, which is not accessible to the public.