Kakunodate Station

Kakunodate Station (角館駅, Kakunodate-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kakunodate Station 角館駅
Kakunodate Station, in July 2017
General information
Location	Nakasugazawa-14 Kakunodatemachi, Semboku-shi, Akita-ken 014-0368 Japan
Coordinates	39°35′30.2″N 140°34′15.6″E
Operated by	JR East Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway
Line(s)	Akita Shinkansen      Tazawako Line ■ Akita Nairiku Line
Platforms	2 side + 1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	30 July 1921 (1921-07-30)
Passengers
FY2018	545 daily (JR East), 128 (Akita Nairiku)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ōmagari towards Akita Akita Shinkansen Komachi Tazawako towards Tokyo Uguisuno towards Ōmagari Tazawako Line Shōden towards Morioka Preceding station Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway Following station Terminus Akita Nairiku Line Express Moriyoshi Saimyoji towards Takanosu Akita Nairiku Line Local Ugo-Ōta towards Takanosu
Location Kakunodate Station Location within Akita Prefecture Kakunodate Station Kakunodate Station (Japan)

Akita Nairiku Railway Kakunodate Station

Lines

Kakunodate Station is served by the JR East Tazawako Line and the Akita Shinkansen, and is located 58.8 km from the terminus of both lines at Morioka Station. It is also the southern terminus for the third sector Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway Akita Nairiku Line and is located 92.4 kilometers from the northern terminus at Takanosu

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform and an island platform serving the JR portion of the station, and a single side platform for the Akita Nairuke Railway. The station building, designed to resemble a samurai residence, was selected to be one of the "Hundred Stations of Tohoku". The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms (JR)

1	■ Tazawako Line	for Morioka
	■ Akita Shinkansen	for Morioka
2	■ Tazawako Line	for Akita
	■ Akita Shinkansen	for Akita
3	■ Tazawako Line	for bidirectional traffic

Platforms (Akita Nairiku)

1

■ Akita Nairiku Line

for Takanosu

History

Kakunodate Station opened on July 30, 1921 as a station on the Obonai Railway, which was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) the following year. The JGR became Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The Kakunodate Line (which later became the Akita Nairiku Railway) began operation from November 1, 1971. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. Services on the Akita Shinkansen began on March 22, 1997.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 545 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• former Samurai residences (buke yashiki)
• former Kakunodate town hall
• Kakunodate Post Office
• National Route 105

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Kakunodate Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)
• Akita Nairiku Railway Station information (in Japanese)