Wajiki Station

Wajiki Station

和食駅
Wajiki Station in 2010
General information
LocationWajiki, Geisei-mura, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-5700
Japan
Coordinates33°31′05″N 133°48′31″E / 33.517955°N 133.808708°E / 33.517955; 133.808708
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) Asa Line
Distance18.2 km from Gomen
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
AccessibleNo - steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN31
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY2011223 daily
Location
Wajiki Station is located in Kochi Prefecture
Wajiki Station
Wajiki Station
Location within Kochi Prefecture
Wajiki Station is located in Japan
Wajiki Station
Wajiki Station
Wajiki Station (Japan)

Wajiki Station (和食駅, Wajiki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Geisei, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN31".[1][2]

Lines

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The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 18.2 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.[4]

Layout

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The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room has been set up at the base of the embankment together with parking lots and a bike shed. Access to the platforms is by two separate flights of steps.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Asa Line
Yasu Rapid Kyūjōmae
Nishibun Local Akano

Station mascot

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Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Wajiki Station is a kappa named Wajiki Kappa-kun (わじき カッパ君). The design is chosen because local folklore refers to kappa, a river Yōkai (imp or demon), inhabits the nearby Wajiki river.[6]

History

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The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from Gomen to Nahari.[7]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 223 passengers daily.[7]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "和食" [Wajiki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第1巻 四国東部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 51, 86. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. ^ "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ^ "和食" [Wajiki]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ^ "わじき カッパ君" [Wajiki Kappa-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 173, 303. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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