Tenjin Station

K08 Tenjin Station 天神駅
Fukuoka City Subway station
Entrance No.12
General information
Location	1-chōme Tenjin, Chūō, Fukuoka, Fukuoka （福岡市中央区天神1丁目） Japan
Operated by	Fukuoka City Subway
Line(s)	Kūkō Line
Other information
Station code	K08
History
Opened	26 July 1981 (1981-07-26)
Services
Preceding station Fukuoka City Subway Following station Akasaka K07 towards Meinohama Kūkō Line Nakasu-Kawabata K09 towards Fukuokakūkō
Location K08 Tenjin Station Location within Fukuoka city

Station sign

Tenjin Station (天神駅, Tenjin-eki) is a subway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Its station symbol is 5 green dots arranged in a circle, representing a plum blossom, it is Tenmangū (a.k.a.Tenjin)'s symbol. The station is located directly under Meiji-Street (明治通り, Meiji-dōri) in Tenjin, Fukuoka. A large underground shopping mall reaches from Tenjin Station on the Kūkō Line to the Tenjin-Minami Station (天神南駅, Tenjin-Minami-eki) on the Nanakuma Line.

Lines

• Fukuoka City Subway
  • Kūkō Line

Platforms

1	■ Kūkō Line	for Hakata, Fukuokakūkō and Kaizuka
2	■ Kūkō Line	for Nishijin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu

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  Concourse
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  Platform

Usage

In 2006 the daily average number of passengers was 63,166. It is the largest Subway Station on the Kūkō Line.

History

• July 26, 1981 - opening of Tenjin Station

Transfer

The underground shopping mall can be used for transfer between the Kūkō Line and the Nanakuma Line. To use the same ticket for both lines, passengers must exit through a special gate and enter the gate of the second line within two hours. Therefore, it is no problem to use the transfer time for shopping. If the regular gate is used, a new ticket is required to be purchased. Special tickets can be used for the transfer.