Ashinomaki-Onsen Station
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Ashinomaki-Onsen Station 芦ノ牧温泉駅 | |
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General information | |
Location | Oto-cho, Kamimiyori otsu 249, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima (福島県会津若松市大戸町上三寄乙249) Japan |
Operated by | Aizu Railway |
Line(s) | Aizu Line |
History | |
Opened | 1927 |
Previous names | Kami-Miyori (until 1987) |
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station (芦ノ牧温泉駅, Ashinomaki-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway..
Lines
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station is served by the Aizu Line, and is located 10.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nishi-Wakamatsu Station.
Station layout
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station has two opposed side platform connected by a level crossing.
Adjacent stations
« | Service | » | ||
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Aizu Railway Aizu Line | ||||
Nishi-Wakamatsu | Open-car "torokko" | Yunokami-Onsen | ||
Amaya | Rapid | Ōkawa-Dam-Kōen | ||
Amaya | Local | Ōkawa-Dam-Kōen |
Bus, Love and Peach, the station master cats
The station is home to Bus (ばす, Basu), a long-haired cat who acts as the station master in a manner similar to Tama of Kishi Station. Bus was named after the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro.[1] Bus had been a resident of the station since June, 2000. She was appointed as the honorary stationmaster in April, 2008. She had worked with a human station master and retired in December, 2015. Love (らぶ, Rabu) succeeded the honorary stationmaster.[2] He started working with them from July, 2014. Bus stayed in the station also after retirement with the title of honorary stationmaster of admirable longevity. She died on April 22, 2016.[3] On October 14, 2017, Peach (ぴーち, Pichi), who is Love's younger brother, was appointed as the facility director.
History
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station opened on November 1, 1927, at Kami-Miyori Station (上三寄駅|Kamimiyori-eki). The station was renamed to its present name on July 16, 1987.
Surrounding area
- Japan National Route 118
- Kamimiyori Post Office
- Ashinomaki-Onsen
There are a couple of restaurants famous for ramen.
References
- ^ "沿線のイベントや注目情報を、名誉駅長「ばす」がお知らせします" [Honorary station manager "BASS" will inform you of event and attention information along the line]. Aizu Railway Company (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2016.
- ^ "Stationmaster cat 'Bus' retires, new feline appointed". The Mainichi. December 25, 2015.
- ^ "車窓から四季思い出会津線" [From the train window Four seasons memories Aizu line]. aizutetsudo.jp (in Japanese).