Kyoto Station is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan, and one of the largest station buildings in the country. The current building opened in 1997 to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the city's founding and was designed by the architect Hiroshi Hara, replacing earlier station structures on the same site. The building rises about 70 meters and stretches roughly 470 meters from east to west, with an irregular cubic facade of plate glass over a steel frame that combines a shopping mall, hotel, cinema, a department store and local government offices under one roof. Its strikingly modern design was a sharp departure from Kyoto's historic architecture and helped set off a wave of new high rise construction in the city during the late 1990s.
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Kyōto Station (京都駅, Kyōto-eki) is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan.
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is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan.
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is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan.
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The current Kyoto Station was designed by architect Hiroshi Hara, and it opened in 1997 which commemorated Kyoto's 1,200th anniversary.
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It is 70 meters high and 470 meters from east to west, with a total floor area of 238,000 square meters.
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Kyōto Station (京都駅, Kyōto-eki) is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan. It has Japan's third-largest station building (after Osaka Station，Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof.
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Architecturally, it exhibits many characteristics of futurism, with a slightly irregular cubic façade of plate glass over a steel frame.Kyoto Station During the mid-1990s, Kyoto was one of the least modern cities in Japan by virtue of its many cultural heritage sites, so locals were largely reluctant to accept such an ambitious structure.
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Architecturally, it exhibits many characteristics of futurism, with a slightly irregular cubic façade of plate glass over a steel frame.Kyoto Station During the mid-1990s, Kyoto was one of the least modern cities in Japan by virtue of its many cultural heritage sites, so locals were largely reluctant to accept such an ambitious structure.
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