Japan Travel: Kyoto Station grand staircase illumination, Kyoto, Japan
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The Kyoto Station (Kyōto-eki) building was completed on the 1200th anniversary of the capital’s foundation in Kyoto. It was opened to the public in 1997 and stands completely contraty to many foreign tourists’ typical image of Kyoto as the capital of traditional Japan.
The building’s futuristic, maybe cold design and atmosphere was inspired by the famed Japanese architect Hara Hiroshi. He attempted to convey historical Kyoto through a modern aesthetic in his design. The station’s large main hall with its exposed steel beamed roof, called the Matrix, is intended to reflect both the structure of the station and the grid like layout of Kyoto’s street network. He also designed the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka.
Kyoto Station is the hub of the city’s transportation, served by Japan Railways (including the Tokaido Shinkansen), Kintetsu Railways and the Karasuma Subway Line. It also serves as the site of a large bus terminal for city buses and long distance and overnight highway buses.
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