Nanukamachi Station

Nanukamachi Station
七日町駅

Nanukamachi station and "Haikara-san"
Location 5-1 Nanukamachi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
(福島県会津若松市七日町5-1)
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened 1934

Nanukamachi Station (七日町駅 Nanukamachi-eki) is a railway station on the Tadami Line in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Nanukamachi is "七日町" in Japanese. It means that bazaar was held on the seventh day in Edo era. "七日町" is also called "Nanokamachi".

Lines

Nanukamachi Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is located 1.3 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station. It is also served by the Aizu Railway Aizu Line.

Station layout

Nanukamachi Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. Nanokamachi Station, there is the "EkiCafe.". It is a shop that sells many things of Aizu region, such as traditional sweets. And it also has an information corner about sightseeing in Aizu.[1] The bus for sightseeing of Aizuwakamatsu stops at Nanukamachi station. It calls "Haikara-san".

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tadami Line
Aizu-Wakamatsu - Nishi-Wakamatsu
Aizu Railway Aizu Line
Aizu-Wakamatsu - Nishi-Wakamatsu

History

Nanukamachi Station opened on November 1, 1934. Operations were suspended from June 20 1945 to June 20 1946. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed July 28, 2002.

Surrounding area

References

  1. 駅Cafe.(Japanese)

External links

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Coordinates: 37°30′4.2″N 139°55′8.4″E / 37.501167°N 139.919000°E / 37.501167; 139.919000

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