Kokusaikaikan Station (国際会館駅, Kokusai-Kaikan-eki) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the beginning of the line, and was opened on 3 June 1997.
Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line (Station Number: K01)The station has an island platform serving two tracks.
The station name "Kokusaikaikan" refers to the Kyoto International Conference Center (国立京都国際会館, Kokuritsu Kyōto Kokusai-kaikan), the city's main conference hall where many international conventions, including the conference that created the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, are held. The center can be accessed by short walk from the station.
Kyoto International Conference CenterGrand Prince Hotel KyotoIwakura Station (Eizan Railway Kurama Line)Entsu-jiTakaragaike-doriDoshisha Elementary School, Doshisha Junior and Senior High SchoolKokusaikaikan-ekimaeKyoto City Bus: Bus stop ARoute 5 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Kyōto StationRoute 31 for Gion and Shijo KarasumaRoute 65 for Karasuma Marutamachi and Shijo KarasumaKyoto City Bus: Bus stop BRoute 5, 31, 65 for Iwakura DepotKyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 1Route 24 for Iwakura Jisso-inRoute 26 for Iwakura Muramatsu (part of buses run via Iwakura Shimozaichicho)Route 29 for Iwakura Muramatsu via Iwakura Shinozaichicho and Nagatani HachimanguRoute 45, 46 for Iwakura MuramatsuKyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 2Route 40 for Kyoto Sangyo Daigaku-mae and Ichihara via Hokuryo Koko-mae, Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-maeRoute 45 for Kyoto Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-maeRoute 46 for Kitaoji Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-maeRoute 50 for Ichihara via Hokuryo Koko-mae, Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-maefor Keihan Demachiyanagi Station via Hanazonobashi and Kawabata-dori (running only on weekdays)for Takano Depot via Takaragaike Kyugijo-mae (running except weekdays)Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 3Route 19 for Ohara and Kodeishi via Hanazonobashi and Yase ekimae