Kamiyacho Station

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Kamiyacho Station is located in the Toranomon area of Minato City, Tokyo. It is an underground station on the Hibiya Line, surrounded by office districts, embassies, and parks, with a distinctly everyday downtown feel. What makes it notable is not only its role as a transportation hub that has continued to handle foot traffic as the surrounding commercial district developed, but also that it once drew nationwide attention in connection with the Tokyo subway sarin attack; images of the station were widely shown in the media, becoming a shared memory of this place for many people. Today…