Kakunodate Station

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Kakunodate Station (角館駅 -eki) is a train station located in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Contents

1 Lines
2 Surrounding area
3 History
4 Honors
5 Adjacent stations

[edit] Lines

JR East
- Akita Shinkansen
- Tazawako Line (a local line)

Akita Inland Rail Transport
- Akita Inland Railway (a local line)

[edit] Surrounding area

Samurai residences (buke yashiki)
Kakunodate Post Office

[edit] History

July 30, 1921: Station is opened
November 1, 1970: Kakunodate Line is opened.
March 22, 1997: Service on the Akita Shinkansen is started.

[edit] Honors

The station building, designed to resemble a samurai residence, was selected to be one of the Hundred Stations of Tohoku.

[edit] Adjacent stations

v d e Stations of the Akita Shinkansen

Morioka - Shizukuishi - Tazawako - Kakunodate - Ōmagari - Akita For stations between Tōkyō and Morioka, see Tōhoku Shinkansen

v d e Stations of the Tazawako Line

Morioka - Ōkama - Koiwai - Shizukuishi - Harukiba - Akabuchi - Tazawako - Sashimaki - Jindai - Shōden - Kakunodate - Uguisuno - Ugo-Nagano - Yariminai - Ugo-Yotsuya - Kita-Ōmagari - Ōmagari

Coordinates: 39°35′30″N 140°34′15″E / 39.5915353°N 140.5708408°E / 39.5915353; 140.5708408

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