Takadanobaba Station
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Image:Seibu TakadanobabaStation.jpg Takadanobaba Station (Japanese:高田馬場駅; -eki) is a train station located in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward. Situated between the commercial districts of Ikebukuro and Shinjuku it is a minor commuting hub linking the Seibu Shinjuku Line and the Tozai Line with the Yamanote Line.
The station is located at Template:Coor d.
Lines
- Japan Railway:
- Private:
- Underground (subway):
Surroundings
The area is oftened referred to as "Baba". It lacks the history of nearby Waseda and Mejiro, often conjuring up images of a student spot with its many cheap bars and izakayas serving the needs of students at nearby Waseda and Gakushuin universities. Numerous prep schools and colleges reinforce this image in the eyes of many Japanese.
The symbol of Takadanobaba is the monolithic and appropriately named Big Box building next to the station. Big Box houses a sports gym, some cheap clothing stores and a fast food restaurant. It is considered past its prime by popular Japanese standards.
The Japanese Language school "Sendagaya" together with the New York style "Ben's Café," used English bookshop "The Blue Parrot," and the English pub "The Fiddler" have placed Takadanobaba on most foreigners' map of Tokyo.
Adjacent stations
| Tozai Subway Line | Waseda | Takadanobaba | Ochiai | Seibu Shinjuku Line | Seibu Shinjuku | Takadanobaba | Shimo Ochiai |
==See also==Takadanobabaja:高田馬場駅