Higashi Betsuin Station
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 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 March 1967 | ||||||||||
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| 2008 | 6,098 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. It is located 0.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station. It is close to Nagoya Broadcasting Network and Higashi Betsuin Temple, 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.