Nijo Station — Local services in Kyoto

かつての二条駅舎は、和風の屋根を乗せた城郭か社寺のような外観であった。近傍にある二条城の景観に配慮したものでした。歴史都市ならではのデザインは、建築家伊東忠太が手がけたものです。そもそもは田中源太郎らが経営した京都鉄道の本社を兼ね、豪華な内装があったことが偲ばれる貴賓室もあったらしい。 高架化に伴い、この懐かしくも、京都らしい駅舎を解体するという話がありまた。歴史的建造物の保全を求める議論がさかんになるなか、1990年にまず15メートル、300トンもある建物を2日かけて曳家を行い、工事中の仮駅舎として使用を継続することになる。さらに1996年になって、京都市指定有形文化財に指定を受けつつ、建物の幅を縮めつつ梅小路蒸気機関車館に移築されることになった。愛着のある駅舎が結果的に保存され、明治期の和風駅舎としては唯一の遺構として評価を受け、次世代に託されたのは幸いです。 私の子供の頃は、千本通にも倉庫が立ち並んでいました。今は暗渠になってますが三条通に沿って川があり、嵐山から丹波の木材を二条駅まで運んでました。有名な保津川下りももとは、材木を運ぶ筏です。二条駅の荷物の積み下ろしの沖中氏を仕切る任侠の千本組というのがありました。運送が鉄道からトラックへ移行し、二条駅の役割も低下しました。 The former Nijo station building looked like a castle or shrine with a Japanese-style roof. It was in consideration of the scenery of Nijo Castle in the vicinity. The design unique to the historical city was designed by architect Chuta Ito. In the first place, it seems that there was also a guest room that was reminiscent of the luxurious interior that doubled as the head office of the Kyoto Railway, which was run by Gentaro Tanaka and others. There is a story that this nostalgic, Kyoto-like station building will be dismantled due to the elevated structure. In the midst of a heated debate over the preservation of historic buildings, in 1990, a 15-meter, 300-ton building was first towed over two days and will continue to be used as a temporary station building under construction. Furthermore, in 1996, while being designated as a tangible cultural property designated by Kyoto City, it was decided to relocate to the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum while reducing the width of the building. As a result, the station building with attachment was preserved, and it was evaluated as the only remains of a Japanese-style station building in the Meiji era, and it is fortunate that it was entrusted to the next generation. When I was a child, warehouses were lined up in Senbon Street. Although it is now a culvert, there is a river along Sanjo Dori, which carried wood from Arashiyama to Nijo Station. The famous Hozu River descent is originally a raft that carries timber. There was a thousand-piece set of stevedores who partition Mr. Okinaka, who loads and unloads luggage at Nijo Station. Transportation has shifted from railroads to trucks, and the role of Nijo Station...

This station is located near the center of the old town of Kyoto.

More than 1,000 years ago, during the Heian period, there was a wide street called Suzaku-oji in this area, and it was the center of not only Kyoto but also Japan. By the way, the current downtown area of ​​Kyoto moved about 2 km to the east, between Karasuma-dori Street and Kawabata-dori Street in the east and west, and between Oike-dori Street and Shijo-dori Street in the north and south.

However, the facilities at the stations are not that great, and there are only about 4-5 trains per hour on the JR line during the day. The subway trains come every 5 to 8 minutes even...

I visited Kyoto in Feb 28. Very unfriendly ticket counter staff(male) to Taiwanese traveler(foreigner) even if I spoke Japanese. I used the machine to pay for extra fee, but the machine said I need to go to the counter and the counter refused to help me and asked me to go back to the machine. He didn’t even look at my ticket at all. I think he was impatient and he probably hate foreigners because he treated other Japanese normally. This experience gave me terrible impression to Kyoto. He is not the only case to be impolite...