Mitsukoshimae Station
Mitsukoshimae Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro.
Lines
Mitsukoshimae Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line. Passengers can also transfer to the connected Shin-Nihombashi Station on the JR Sōbu Line (Rapid) service.Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms.Platforms
The Japanese folk song "Oedo Nihonbashi" is used as the departure melody for the Ginza line platforms and the Hanzōmon line platforms in 2018.History
The station opened on April 29, 1932, as the southern terminus of the Tokyo Underground Railway from Asakusa. It became a through station on December 24 that year when the line was extended further to Kyōbashi. The Hanzomon Line platforms opened on January 26, 1989, as the terminus of the line from Chūō-Rinkan; they became through platforms on November 28, 1990, when the line was extended to Suitengūmae.The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.