【クイズ】茗荷谷って読める？東京の難読駅めぐり！全部読めたら鉄オタ説【東京メトロ編】

【クイズ】茗荷谷って読める？東京の難読駅めぐり！全部読めたら鉄オタ説【東京メトロ編】

Hello everyone. This is Aoi. There are a lot of difficult-to-read station names in Tokyo. So I’m going to hold a difficult-to-read station name tour. The first part will cover Tokyo Metro. As for the second part and beyond, I’ll decide whether to continue depending on my mood. Today’s starting point is here. It is the station with the sixth highest number of passengers in the world. I don’t think Kita-Senju is difficult to read at all, but some people seem to get confused. Kita-Senju and Minami-Senju were once part of a post town called Senju-juku. As for the origin of the name “Senju,” there are several theories — one says it comes from Senju Kannon. Places that once served as post towns or worker hubs tend to thrive today as major terminals. Shinjuku and Shinagawa are good examples of this. Senju-juku was the first post town on both the Nikko Kaido and Oshu Kaido, starting from Nihonbashi. Today, Kita-Senju is the sixth busiest station in the world, surpassing Tokyo Station and Shinagawa Station. Apparently, Nine of the world’s ten busiest stations are in Japan, and Kita-Senju has more daily passengers than Tokyo and Shinagawa, even though both are Shinkansen stops. It’s crazy, isn’t it? Well, let’s start the journey. At Kita-Senju Station, the Tokyo Metro Hitaya Line platform is inside the ticket gate of the Tobu Skytree Line, and from Kita-Senju onwards it connects directly to the Tobu Skytree Line. If you can read Kita-Senju, you’ll probably be able to read Minami-Senju, but I got off at Minami-Senju too. Kita-Senju is in Adachi Ward, and Minami-Senju is in Arakawa Ward. Unlike Kita-Senju, Minami-Senju feels more open and less crowded. And there is JR Freight’s Sumidagawa Station. It’s a pretty nice view, isn’t it? There aren’t many people here, so it might be a good spot for taking photos. By the way, I forgot to buy that thing. I bought a 24-hour Metro ticket for 700 yen. This trip cannot begin without it. I was in Kayabacho. I think Kayabacho is one of the more difficult station names to read, but what do you think? Can you read it at first glance? Well, I guess it’s hard to read. Where is Kayabacho? It’s located around Nihonbashi. There is a place called Nihonbashi Kayabacho around here. It is also a transfer station for the Tozai Line. I moved to the Tozai Line platform. From here, let’s go straight to Chiba Prefecture. The Tozai Line is technically a subway, but about 14 km of its roughly 30 km length runs above ground, making it a unique line. It is a very cute line that is directly connected to the Toyo Rapid Railway and JR Sobu Line. I was in Kasai. I wondered if Kasai was also a difficult station name, but I thought that people from areas far from the metropolitan area might not know it at first glance. This is Edogawa Ward. It is still in Tokyo. I also got off because there is a subway museum. Well, since I’m here, I’ll go to the subway museum when I come to Kasai. From here, I’ll only take photos due to the rule. The cute Marunouchi Line and Ginza Line trains welcome you. Also, I wasn’t allowed to take photos, so there is no video, but I was driving on a driving simulator. I got a little absorbed in it, and I drove the Ginza Line a little, so it took longer than I thought. Well, I have to move on my schedule soon. From here, I will enter Chiba Prefecture. Speaking of which, there are stations in other worlds in urban legends, right? Like Kisaragi Station. There was a story about getting lost in another world on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, wasn’t there? Between which station was that? Was it Minami-Sunamachi and Nishi-Kasai? If anyone knows, please let me know. However, unfortunately, there seems to be a theory that train nerds don’t experience other worlds. The reason is that they are all focused on the trains. It’s just one theory. It’s sad. The platform doors are still in preparation. This station is Myoden in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. This one is also quite difficult to read, isn’t it? I feel like I’ll end up reading it as “Myoten” . I think the next station, Gyotoku, would have been fine, but I chose Myoden. The area of ​​Myoden, Gyotoku, and Minami-Gyotoku is known as the Gyotoku district, and is a commuter town to the city center. In the Meiji era, there was a plan to run the Sobu Line through Gyotoku, but this plan was scrapped. In the end, the Sobu Line passed through Ichikawa in the north, and the Gyotoku district gradually fell into disuse. Gyotoku Station opened in 1969 on what was then the Eidan Subway Tozai Line, now known as the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. The Gyotoku district began to evolve. Housing development was carried out through a land price readjustment project, and the area developed into a cheap commuter town with good access to Tokyo city. This was followed by Minami-Gyotoku Station and Myoden Station, and it took on its current form. It is no exaggeration to say that the key to the development of a town is whether it has a railway line and good access to the city center. Furthermore, the making of portable shrines developed as a local industry. According to one theory, it is said that It is said to have begun when craftsmen involved in rebuilding Nikko Toshogu Shrine during the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Edo period, were granted the land of Gyotoku, which was under direct shogunal control. There are various theories regarding this origin. It seems that there is a portable shrine museum near Myoden Station, so let’s go and check it out. Huh? Maybe it was closed that day. Let’s pull ourselves together and return to the city center. We’ll transfer at Nihonbashi and arrive. It’s Tameike-sanno. I thought this would be readable, but it seems difficult to read, so I included it. By the way, the intonation is “Tameike-sanno ↑” in the announcement, but personally I thought it was “Tameike-san ↑ o ↓”. Which is correct? As for how to read it, it is also mentioned in the lyrics of the song “Much Ado About Nothing Tonight” by Tokyo Incidents, so I think it can be read. It is located in the political center. And the station is clean with few people. Well, I got off because I wanted to use the toilet. I’m sure there must be a clean toilet that I can enter right away without having to line up. As expected, there was no line at all, and it was clean. When I went outside, there were not many people and there were buildings lined up. Oh! There it is! From here, take the escalator up. Can you see it? That’s the Prime Minister’s official residence. Also, although you can’t see it from here, the Diet Building and the House of Representatives and House of Councillors’ Diet Buildings are nearby. If you look at it on Google Maps, you can see that there are a lot of government buildings close by. And at the end of the escalator is Hie Shrine. It is the guardian deity of Edo Castle. By the way, my fortune was a small fortune. I didn’t make a video of it, but I did visit the shrine and pray. On the way back, I went from the torii gate on the Inari Shrine side. This seems to be a photo spot, and there were several people who looked like tourists. Both Japanese and foreigners were holding cameras. After visiting the shrine, I took the Marunouchi Line from Akasaka Mitsuke. I guess Akasaka Mitsuke is also a difficult-to-read station. It’s a subway station, but it’s above ground. That’s Myogadani. Finally, we have a difficult-to-read station: Myogadani. This one is difficult, isn’t it? Myogadani is an above ground station. Not only Myogadani, but subways in Tokyo have above ground stations in various places. This is probably because Tokyo’s topography is undulating. Shibuya is one example. In particular, the Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line, which were built in the old days, run at a relatively shallow level, so they sometimes appear above ground. On the other hand, relatively new lines like the Toei Oedo Line run quite deep underground because they were built to avoid existing lines. Next, let’s go to Ikebukuro and transfer to the Fukutoshin Line. What is this station with so many different destinations? A Seibu Line train is coming in! This is the last station for today. Kotake Mukaihara. At first glance it looks easy, but how many people can read “Kotake Mukaihara” on their first visit? I thought about it and decided that it would probably be few, so I went in. This station is served by the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, the Yurakucho Line, and the Seibu Yurakucho Line, and the destinations and trains are all different. Not only are there metro trains, but there are also many direct trains like the Seibu train. As I mentioned earlier, it’s really tricky for first-timers. If you’re not careful, you might get lost. Well, I’ll end my day by taking this train to Shinkiba.

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東京。それは難読駅名の宝庫。住んでいると気がつかないですが、実はよくよく考えたら初見では読めなさそうな駅名がずらり。
そんな難読駅を巡るツアーを開催します。第一弾は東京メトロ編。
「茗荷谷」「小竹向原」「溜池山王」あなたは読めますか？
そしてその駅には一体何があるのでしょうか？
第2弾以降はどうなるかは未定。
やってほしい路線があったら教えてください。

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