Mizusawa Station

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Station building
Wind chimes

Mizusawa Station (水沢駅 Mizusawa Eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Its nambu furin (wind chimes) are one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.[citation needed]

Station layout

The ground-level station has two platforms serving three tracks.

Platforms

1 ■Tōhoku Main Line for Kitakami and Morioka
2 ■Tōhoku Main Line (siding)
3 ■Tōhoku Main Line for Ichinoseki and Sendai

History

Mizusawa station opened on 1 November 1890.[1]

Surrounding area

  • Mizusawa Post office
  • Ōshū City Office

References

  1. ↑ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 100. ISBN 4-533-00503-9. 

External links

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Stations of the Tōhoku Main Line
Ueno to Kuroiso
(aka Utsunomiya Line)
Kuroiso to Morioka

Coordinates: 39°08′21″N 141°08′46″E / 39.1392°N 141.1462°E / 39.1392; 141.1462

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