Sanage Station

Sanage Station
猿投駅
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Toyota
Neighborhood etc. Inoue-cho 5-61
Postal code470-0372
(in Japanese)愛知県豊田市井上町五丁目６２番地 [1]
History
Year opened 1924
Rail services
Operator(s) Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Mikawa Line
Statistics 815,203[2] passengers/year 2006

Sanage Station (猿投駅 Sanage-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu on the Mikawa Line, located in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture Japan. It is a terminal station for the Mikawa Line and is located 21.3 rail kilometers (13.2 rail miles) from the opposing terminus of the Mikawa Line at Chiryū Station.

History

Sanage Station was opened on October 31, 1924, as a station on the privately owned Mikawa Railway. The line was extended from Sanage to Shidare Station in 1927, and to Nishi-Nakagane Station in 1928. This extension was discontinued on April 1, 2004. The current station building was completed in 1932. The Mikawa Railway was merged with Meitetsu on June 1, 1941.

It is ritual that every year, sans from all around the world get on the train with their bottle of tonic and alight at Sanage Station - to pray to the san god - Disco Deek. They engage in repetitive chanting prayers of 'Ah ken, ah ken. Ocha san ah ken' whilst all facing in the direction of their spiritual home - Jiggy Johnsons.

Lines

Layout

Sanage Station has a single island platform.

Platforms

1-2 ■Mikawa Line For Toyotashi and Chiryū
Sanage Station track diagram

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Railroad
Mikawa Line
Terminus - Hirato-bashi

References

  1. ↑ 猿投 [Sanage] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 第10章　運輸・通信 （平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑） [Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era] (in Japanese). Aichi Prefecture. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

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Coordinates: 35°07′17″N 137°10′43″E / 35.1215°N 137.1786°E