Higashi-Mukōjima Station

TS05 Higashi-Mukōjima Station 東向島駅
Station entrance, April 2015
General information
Location	4-29-7 Higashi-Mukōjima, Sumida, Tokyo （墨田区東向島4-29-7） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TS Tobu Skytree Line
History
Opened	1902
Previous names	Tamanoi (until 1988)
Passengers
[1]	16,867 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Hikifune TS04 towards Asakusa Skytree Line Section Express Section Semi Express Local Kanegafuchi TS06 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen

Higashi-Mukōjima Station (東向島駅, Higashi-Mukōjima eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.^[1]

The station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen in Saitama Prefecture. It is located 3.2 km from Asakusa Station.^[2]

Higashi-Mukōjima Station has two opposite side platforms serving two tracks.

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  The platforms in December 2022

The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as Shirahige Station (白鬚駅), but operations were suspended from 15 July 1905, and the station was formally closed from 4 April 1908. It reopened as Tamanoi Station (玉ノ井駅) on 1 October 1923 following urban regrowth after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. On 12 December 1987, the station was renamed Higashi-Mukōjima Station.^[2]

• Tobu Museum, located beneath the elevated station and tracks, with viewing windows located beneath the platforms
• Mukōjima Hyakkaen, flower garden dating from the Edo period
• Tokyo Metropolitan Sumidagawa High School
• Route 6 (Mito Kaidō)
• Meiji Dōri

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Higashi-Mukōjima Station.

• Higashi-Mukōjima Station information Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

35°43′28″N 139°49′10″E / 35.7244°N 139.8195°E / 35.7244; 139.8195