原宿

Harajuku Station

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Harajuku Station (原宿駅) is in Shibuya, Tokyo. East Japan Railway Company runs it on the Yamanote Line. It opened on 30 October 1906 as a Japan Railway station.

History

The station opened on 30 October 1906 as a Japan Railway station, and freight service began the same day. The Japan Railway was nationalized on 1 November 1906. The station became part of the Yamanote Line on 12 October 1909.

In May 1914 the funeral of Empress Shoken was held at the Yoyogi parade ground next to the station. A temporary Yoyogi stop was set up for the funeral train, reached by a siding from the south of the station. On 12 July 1922 the track between Shibuya and Harajuku was made quadruple. On 11 November 1922 the Harajuku substation closed. On 15 October 1925 an imperial platform was built on the former substation site, for the Taisho Emperor's trips to his villas at Nikko, Numazu and Hayama.

A temporary platform came into use on 1 January 1940. Freight handling ended on 1 February 1941. On 14 April 1945 a bomb hit the station building during the air raids, but the building did not burn. On 14 October 1952, to mark 80 years of railways, the imperial platform was opened to the public. Two restored steam locomotives, Yoshitsune and Shizuka, were displayed. They were Hokkaido's first steam locomotives.

The Teito Rapid Transit Authority opened its Meiji-Jingumae station nearby on 20 October 1972. In June 1978 the station moved south to its present site, toward Shibuya. A wooden station building in British style was completed, designed by Hasegawa Kaoru, an engineer of the Railway Ministry. In December 1978 the track between Harajuku and Shin-Okubo became quadruple.

JR East took over the station on 1 April 1987. Automatic ticket gates were installed at the Omotesando exit on 8 March 1991 and at the Takeshita exit on 4 December 1992. In 1997 the station was named to the Kanto Station Hyakusen list. Suica could be used from 18 November 2001. Platform doors came into use on 13 December 2014. The Midori no Madoguchi counter closed on 31 January 2017. A new station building came into use on 21 March 2020.

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1906 10月30日

The station opened as a station on Nippon Railway and freight operations also began at the same time, with the station located closer to Yoyogi Station than its current location.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

日本鉄道の駅として開業。同時に貨物営業も開始。駅は現在位置より代々木駅寄りにあった。

1906 11月1日

Nippon Railway was nationalized and became a station of the government railway.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

日本鉄道が国有化され、国有鉄道の駅となる。

1909 10月12日

The line came under the Yamanote Line due to the designation of line names.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

線路名称制定により山手線の所属となる。

1914 5月24日

A funeral for Empress Shōken was held at the adjacent Yoyogi Drill Ground, and a siding was laid from south of Harajuku Station to establish Yoyogi Temporary Stop for the departure of the funeral train.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

昭憲皇太后の葬儀が隣接する代々木練兵場で行われる。原宿駅南方より引き込み線を敷設し、霊柩列車出発用の代々木仮停車場を設ける。

1914 12月18日

A Harajuku substation was installed on the north side of the station, near Yoyogi Station, which received power from the newly established Yaguchi substation for the electrification of the Keihin Line and supplied 600 V DC with a total capacity of 1,000 kW.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

駅北側（代々木駅寄り）に原宿変電所設置。京浜線電化にあたって新設された矢口変電所から受電し、総容量1,000 kWで直流600 Vを給電した。

1916 1月

A spur line branching off from the north of the station was installed for the construction of Meiji Shrine.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

明治神宮造営のために駅北部から分岐する引き込み線を設置。

1922 7月12日

The section between Shibuya Station and this station was quadrupled.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

渋谷駅 - 当駅間が複々線化。

1922 11月11日

The Harajuku substation was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

原宿変電所廃止。

1923 9月1日

The Great Kanto Earthquake.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

関東大震災。

1925 10月15日

A side platform at Harajuku Station, known as the palace platform, was completed on the site of the former Harajuku substation, built specifically for the departure of Emperor Taisho to his villas in Nikko, Numazu, and Hayama.

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原宿変電所跡地に原宿駅側部乗降場（宮廷ホーム）が完成。大正天皇が日光・沼津・葉山の御用邸へ静養に出発する専用の目的で建設された。

1940 1月1日

The temporary platform began operation.

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臨時ホームの使用を開始。

1941 2月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物取り扱いを廃止。

1945 4月14日

The station building was hit by a direct bomb during an air raid in World War II but did not burn down.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

太平洋戦争下の空襲により駅舎が直撃弾を受けるも、焼失を免れる。

1952 10月14日

The 80th anniversary of the railway opening was commemorated with a public opening of the "Imperial Family Exclusive Home", and the restored first steam locomotives in Hokkaido, "Yoshitsune" and "Shizuka", were exhibited.

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鉄道開業80周年を記念して「皇室専用ホーム」の一般公開を実施。復元された北海道最初の蒸気機関車「義經」「しづか」が展示された。

1972 10月20日

Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) subway's Meiji-jingumae Station opened nearby.

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帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄）の明治神宮前駅が付近に開業。

1976 7月

The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office began operations.

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みどりの窓口の営業を開始。

1978 6月

The station was relocated to its current site, which is farther south than its original location, and a British-style wooden station building designed by Ministry of Railways engineer Hideo Hasegawa was completed.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

開業当初よりも南寄り（渋谷駅寄り）の現在地に移動。現在に続くイギリス風木造駅舎が竣工、設計は鉄道省技師の長谷川馨。

1978 12月

The section between this station and Shinjuku Station was quadrupled.

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当駅 - 新大久保駅間が複々線化。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East), belonging to the Yamanote Line.

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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅（山手線所属）となる。

1991 3月8日

Automatic ticket gates were installed at Omotesando ticket gate.

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表参道改札に自動改札機を設置。

1992 12月4日

Automatic ticket gates were installed at Takeshita-guchi.

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竹下口に自動改札機を設置。

1994 7月1日

Along with Mejiro Station, it initially implemented a full smoking ban on its platforms, but this was later rescinded in favor of uniformity after other stations adopted smoking areas, before being reinstated in April 2009.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

目白駅とともにホームの全面禁煙を試行}}）。なお、他の駅で喫煙コーナー設置による分煙が採用されたため、統一する形でいったん取りやめとなった後、2009年4月より再度全面禁煙化された。

1997

It was certified as one of the "100 Selected Stations in Kanto", with the selection reason being "its Western-style station building matches the greenery of the Jingū's forest".

Machine translation — show Japanese original

「関東の駅百選」に認定される。選定理由は「神宮の森の緑とマッチしている西洋風の駅舎」。

2001 11月18日

The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

2014 12月13日

Platform doors began to be used.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

ホームドアの使用を開始。

2017 1月31日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2018 1月4日

The temporary platform was closed, resulting in the elimination of electronic electric bells from the metropolitan area.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

臨時ホームの使用停止。これにより電子電鈴が都区内から消滅した。

2020 3月21日

A new station building was opened, and the outer loop platform, formerly the No. 2 platform, was relocated to the former temporary platform.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

新駅舎が供用開始。外回りホーム（旧2番線）を旧臨時ホームに移動。

2025 10月1日

The Ekinet Q-Chike service was started.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

えきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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