鉄道のまち大宮／Railway Town Omiya／Omiya, la Ciudad del Ferrocarril

さいたま暮らしの情報誌

Information for Living in Saitama City
No.64 (Dec. 2018)てつどうおおみや

鉄 道 の さいたま市
ま ち 大 宮盆栽のまち
Railway Town Omiya
Omiya, la Ciudad del Ferrocarril

鉄道のまち大宮

おおみや

大宮ってね

へぇー そうなのReally?

Omiya has...

¡Oh!
No lo sabía.のい¿Sabes que Omiya...

ろ せ ん す う

ろ せ ん

乗り入れ路線数＝14路線
かくせん

とうきょうつに ほ ん だいい

東京 に次いで日本第２位！！とうぶ

さいたましんとしこうつういなせん

ふく（JR各線、東武アーバンパークライン、埼玉新都市交通伊奈線を含 む）
えきしゃりょう

だから、駅ではいろいろな 車 両 がみられるよ。
14 train lines coming into Omiya station, making it second in number only to Tokyo!
lines include JR lines, Tobu Urban Park Line, and Saitama New Urban (New Shuttle)
So you can see various kinds of trains at the station.
¡En la estación Omiya se reunen 14 diferentes líneas férreas, lo que hace que ocupe el segundo
lugar de Japón, después de la de Tokio!
(Incluye las líneas de JR, Tobu Urbanpark line y la línea Saitama Shintoshi Kotsu).
Por eso, se puede ver variedad de modelos de vagones en la estación.
はっこうもと【発行元】

こうえきしゃだんほうじん

かんこうこくさいきょうかい

こくさいこうりゅう

公 益 社 団 法 人 さいたま観 光 国 際 協 会 （STIB）国 際 交 流 センター
ばしょし う ら わ く ひがしたかさごちょう

場所：さいたま市浦和区 東 高 砂 町 11-1

かいコムナーレ 9階【Published】
The Saitama Tourism and International Relations Bureau(STIB), International Exchange Center (IEC)【Place】
9th floor of the Comunale Complex, Higashi Takasago-cho 11-1, Urawa-ku, Saitama City
【Publicado por】 Buró para el Turismo y las Relaciones Internacionales de Saitama (STIB)
Centro de Intercambio Internacional【Domicilio】
Piso 9 de Comunale, 11.1 Higashi-Takasago-cho, Urawa-ku, Saitama
TEL： 048-813-8500 FAX： 048-887-1505 E-mail: iec@stib.jp URL: https://www.stib.jp/kokusai

鉄道のまち大宮／Railway Town Omiya／Omiya, la Ciudad del Ferrocarril

Omiya Station Facts:
Built in 1885, as the station where the Takasaki and Tohoku
Main Line separated.
An average of about 370 thousand people use it per day (as of 2016)

Notable Spots in Omiya Station● Mame no ki● EcuteThe station’s 100 year memorial sculpture—a perfect spot to meet at!
You can shop in this mall within the station, which was the first of its kindin Japan, without ever leaving the ticket gate.
● Shinkansen Home Bullet trains departing for the north arrive here every
few minutes.
、You can see a lot of different bullet trains here.
● Kaeru (Frog) Post Made from old train parts to commemorate theStation’s 120th anniversary.
‘kaeru’ means frog, but it also means ‘to return homesafely’Sites around the Station● Omiya Railway Vehicle Center: Maintenance and repair of JR East railway trains are carried out here.
● Old Omiya Station: Now Saitama Shintoshin Station, it is surrounded by central government buildings

Attracting train fans from around the world
The Railway Museum (popularly referred to as 'Teppaku')
Established in Omiya in 2007, in addition to various exhibitions and a large diorama, the museum
features a train arrival/departure simulation corner and a train restaurant as well as a bullet train loungeon the 2nd floor where you can observe the real new shuttle train and bullet trains passing at eyelevel.

～Omiya Railway Fureai Fair (on the 4th Saturday of May)～
Omiya Railway Fureai Festival is held every year on the 4th Saturday of May. In additionto various events around Omiya station, the Omiya Railway Vehicle Center is also
opened to the public, allowing visitors to do a lot of things that wouldn't normally bepossible such as tour the repair shop, try being a conductor, and test drive a mini steam
locomotive. You can also eat in the employee's cafeteria. Kids and railway fans reallylook forward to this event.
Omiya and the railway have developed together. There are many railway facilities and memorials aroundOmiya station, and a lot of people visit Omiya as a railway city. Come out and visit railway city Omiya!