Mizusawa Station

Mizusawa Station
水沢駅
Mizusawa Station, March 2007
Location
Prefecture Iwate
(See other stations in Iwate)
City Ōshū
Neighborhood etc. Mizusawa-ku, 1-9-1 Higashidori
Postal code023-0813
(in Japanese)岩手県奥州市水沢区東大通り一丁目9-1
History
Year opened 1890
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Tōhoku Main Line
Statistics 1979 passengers/day (FY2012)
Wind chimes at the Mizusawa Station platform

Mizusawa Station (水沢駅 Mizusawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Mizusawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 470.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Mizusawa Station has an island platform and a single side platform, connected to the station building by an overhead passage. The station is staffed and has a Green Window ticket counter. The station is noted for the numerous nambu furin (wind chimes), and the station is listed as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan. Its nambu furin (wind chimes) are one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.[1]

Platforms

1, 2 ■Tōhoku Main Line for Kitakami and Morioka
3 ■Tōhoku Main Line for Hiraizumi and Ichinoseki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Rikuchū-Orii - Kanegasaki

History

Mizusawa station opened on 1 November 1890.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ "100 Soundscapes of Japan". Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. ↑ 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.

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