Kokusai-Tenjijō Station

Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (国際展示場駅) is a railway station on the Rinkai Line in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR). The station serves the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre, after which the station is named.

Lines
Kokusai-Tenjijō Station is served by the Rinkai Line from Ōsaki to Shin-Kiba. The station is situated between Tokyo Teleport and Shinonome stations, and is 3.51 km from the starting point of the Rinkai Line at Shin-Kiba.

Services
Many trains inter-run over the JR East Saikyo Line and Kawagoe Line to Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.

Station layout
The station has a single underground island platform serving two tracks.

Chest-height platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the platform during fiscal 2018.

Artwork by Osamu Tezuka
In 2019, a 2.6 by 8.8-meter large ceramic relief by Manga legend Osamu Tezuka was permanently installed. It was produced by the well-known ceramic studio CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio which spent roughly ten months creating this artwork.

History
The station opened on 30 March 1996.

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Kokusai-Tenjijō being assigned station number R03.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 33,308 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the third busiest station on the Rinkai Line, after Osaki and Oimachi.

Surrounding area

 * Ariake Station (Yurikamome)
 * Tokyo Big Sight
 * Panasonic Centre Tokyo
 * Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research Hospital
 * Tokyo Fashion Town ("TFT")
 * Ariake Coliseum
 * Musashino University

Hotels

 * Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel
 * Hotel Sunroute Ariake