Gaiemmae Station, Metro station in Minato district, Tokyo, Japan
Gaiemmae Station is an underground metro station on the Ginza Line, located in the Kita-Aoyama district of Tokyo. It has two platforms serving trains in both directions along this line.
The station opened in 1938 under the name Aoyama-yonchome and was renamed Gaiemmae the following year. The Ginza Line it belongs to was one of the first metro lines in Asia, having started operations in the late 1920s.
The station name comes from the outer garden of the Meiji Jingu shrine, known as the Gaien. Visitors leaving from exit B find themselves at the edge of the famous ginkgo-lined avenue that draws crowds every autumn.
The station has several exits leading to different parts of the neighborhood, so checking the exit map before going up saves time. The area around the station is easy to explore on foot once you have picked the right exit.
The Ginza Line uses a side-contact third rail system, which means the tunnels are lower than those of most other metro lines in Tokyo. Passengers who know this can notice how compact the train cars feel compared to other lines in the city.
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