Hakata

Hakata Station ( 博多駅 Hakata-eki ? ) is a major railway station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka , Japan. It is the largest and busiest station in Kyushu , and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travellers from Honshu . The Sanyo Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station. The station was rebuilt in 2011. The main building was torn down and a new, larger station building—as well as office buildings and new platforms—was constructed. The station reconstruction project was initiated specifically for the Kyushu Shinkansen extension from Hakata to Shin-Yatsushiro Station which continues southward through its existing route to Kagoshima-Chūō Station . The new station building has Hankyu Department Store , its first branch store in Kyushu, as a tenant, as well as other first-in-Kyushu branch retailers including Tokyu Hands . [1]