M02 Higashi Betsuin Station 東別院駅 | |||||||||||
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Nagoya Municipal Subway station | |||||||||||
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Location | 3-24 Ōimachi, Naka, Nagoya, Aichi (名古屋市中区大井町3-24) Japan | ||||||||||
Operated by | Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Meijō Line | ||||||||||
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Station code | M02 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 30 March 1967 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2008 | 6,098 [1] daily | ||||||||||
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Higashi Betsuin Station (東別院駅, Higashi Betsuin-eki) is an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.[2] It is located 0.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station. It is close to Nagoya Broadcasting Network[3] and Higashi Betsuin Temple,[4] after which it is named. Higashi Betsuin is an abbreviation of the name Higashi Hongan-ji Nagoya Betsuin, a Buddhist temple known formally as Shinshuōtaniha Nagoya Betsuin, which is a temple associated with the temple in Kyoto called Higashi Hongan-ji.