Ashinomaki-Onsen Station

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station 芦ノ牧温泉駅
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in May 2010
Location	Oto-cho, Kamimiyori otsu 249, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima （福島県会津若松市大戸町上三寄乙249） Japan
Operated by	Aizu Railway
Line(s)	Aizu Line
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Kami-Miyori (until 1987)

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station (芦ノ牧温泉駅 Ashinomaki-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway..

Lines

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station is served by the Aizu Line, and is located 10.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nishi-Wakamatsu Station.

Station layout

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station has two opposed side platform connected by a level crossing.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Aizu Railway Aizu Line
Nishi-Wakamatsu		Open-car "torokko"	Yunokami-Onsen
Amaya		Rapid	Ōkawa-Dam-Kōen
Amaya		Local	Ōkawa-Dam-Kōen

Bus and Love, the station master cats

The station is home to Bus (ばす Basu), a long-haired cat who acts as the station master in a manner similar to Tama of Kishi Station. Bus was named after the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro.^[1] Bus had been a resident of the station since June, 2000. She was appointed as the honorary stationmaster in April, 2008. She had worked with a human station master and retired in December, 2015. Love (らぶ Rabu) succeeded the honorary stationmaster.^[2] He started working with them from July, 2014. Bus stayed in the station also after retirement with the title of honorary stationmaster of admirable longevity. She passed away on April 22, 2016.^[3]

History

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station opened on November 1, 1927 at Kami-Miyori Station (上三寄駅｜Kamimiyori-eki). The station was renamed to its present name on July 16, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 118
• Kamimiyori Post Office
• Ashinomaki-Onsen

There are a couple of restaurants famous for ramen.

External links

• Aizu Railway Station information (Japanese)

References

Coordinates: 37°23′44″N 139°55′56″E / 37.39556°N 139.93222°E