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Kanazawa Station

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Kanazawa Station is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company, the private Hokuriku Railroad, and the third-sector IR Ishikawa Railway. First opened on 1 April 1898, the station contemporary form dates largely from the arrival of the Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms on 14 March 2015, which connected Kanazawa to Nagano and Tokyo by high-speed rail. Its most distinctive feature is the Tsuzumi Gate at the station east entrance, designed by Ryuzo Shirae in the shape of a traditional hand drum, paired with the glass Motenashi Dome and a large roof built to keep snow from stopping trains on the IR platforms.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Railway Station 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Kanazawa, Japan 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1898 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Railway Station 1
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Kanazawa Station (Wikipedia)
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  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    Kanazawa Station is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company, the private Hokuriku Railroad, and the third-sector IR Ishikawa Railway. First opened on 1 April 1898, the station contemporary form dates largely from the arrival of the Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms on 14 March 2015, which connected Kanazawa to Nagano and Tokyo by high-speed rail. Its most distinctive feature is the Tsuzumi Gate at the station east entrance, designed by Ryuzo Shirae in the shape of a traditional hand drum, paired with the glass Motenashi Dome and a large roof built to keep snow from stopping trains on the IR platforms.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Railway station)
    Kanazawa Station (金沢駅, Kanazawa-eki) is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the private railway operator Hokuriku Railroad, and the third-sector operator IR Ishikawa Railway. Beneath a square in front of the JR station is Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station, the terminal of the Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line.
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2. Kanazawa Station (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1898)
    Wikidata item Q1136378, property P1619: 1898
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Kanazawa, Japan
    Wikidata item Q1136378, property P131/P17 (location): Kanazawa, Japan
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