Wikipedia picture of the day on November 18, 2019: Kyoto Station...

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 18, 2019:
Kyoto Station is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan. It has Japan’s second-largest station building and is one of the country’s largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof. The current station opened in 1997, commemorating Kyoto’s 1,200th anniversary. It is 70 meters high and 470 meters from east to west, with a total floor area of 238,000 square meters. Architecturally, it exhibits many characteristics of futurism, with a slightly irregular cubic façade of plate glass over a steel frame. The architect was Hiroshi Hara.
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