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Harajuku Station on JR Yamanote Line in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, was renovated for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. On March 21, the new station building was opened.

Harajuku Station, the former station building, is a wooden station building. The station was opened in 1906 and was a 96-year-old wooden building constructed immediately after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1924, but it was rebuilt because of its aging.

The new station building constructed after carrying out the improvement work is located on the south side of the old station building and is a two-story building that crosses the railway line.

In the old station building, it was difficult to cope with crowding and so on, and there was a problem for fire prevention.

In addition, the new platform is exclusively for outbound use, and the platform used to date is exclusively for inbound use.

It should be noted that the old station building is scheduled to be dismantled after the end of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/03/21/harajuku/