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Kodemmachō Station

metro station in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ1072970 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kodemmachō Station (小伝馬町駅, Kodenmachō-eki) is a subway station on the Hibiya Line (operated by Tokyo Metro). It is located in the Kodenmachō neighborhood of Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Its number is H-15.

Station layout

Kodemmacho Station has two platforms separated by two tracks. Track 1 is for passengers traveling toward Ginza, Roppongi and Naka-Meguro Stations. Track 2 serves those heading toward Ueno and Kita-senju Stations.

Around the station

The station serves the Kodemmachō neighborhood. The area has many office buildings. The boundary of Chūō and Chiyoda wards is nearby.

The Sōbu Rapid Line passes underneath Kodemmachō.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kodemmachō Station” is metro station in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kodemmachō, Station and metro, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 96-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1962-05-31. For this dossier, Kodemmachō, Station and metro is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “metro station in Chuo, Tokyo, Japan” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1072970. Authority coordinates are 35.691, 139.779. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kodemmachō Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kodemmachō Station primary sources, Kodemmachō Station archive and Kodemmachō research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kodemmachō Station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kodemmachō Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.