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Shibaura-futō Station

railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ858865 ↗
Source-derived summary

Shibaura-futō Station (芝浦ふ頭駅, Shibaura-futō-eki; lit. "Shibaura Pier Station") is a station on the Yurikamome Line in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is numbered "U-05".

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated island platform. It is located below a highway.

Platforms

History

Shibaura-futō Station opened on 1 November 1995.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Shibaura-futō Station” as railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shibaura-futō, Station and railway.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-11-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shibaura-futō, Station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Shibaura-futō Station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q858865. Authority coordinates are 35.642, 139.758. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Shibaura-futō Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Shibaura-futō Station primary sources, Shibaura-futō Station archive and Shibaura-futō 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 “Shibaura-futō Station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Shibaura-futō 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.