Nanukamachi Station

Location
	Nanukamachi Station Location within JR Tadami Line Nanukamachi Station Nanukamachi Station (Fukushima Prefecture) Nanukamachi Station Nanukamachi Station (Japan)

Nanukamachi Station

七日町駅
Nanukamachi Station; 七日町駅
	Nanukamachi station and "Haikara-san"
General information
Location	5-1 Nanukamachi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima-ken 965-0044; Japan
Coordinates	37°30′4.2″N 139°55′8.4″E / 37.501167°N 139.919000°E
Operated by	JR East; Aizu Railway;
Line(s)	■ Tadami Line; ■ Aizu Line;
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 1, 1934
Services
Location
Location
	Nanukamachi Station Location within JR Tadami Line Nanukamachi Station Nanukamachi Station (Fukushima Prefecture) Nanukamachi Station Nanukamachi Station (Japan)

Nanukamachi Station (七日町駅, Nanukamachi-eki) is a railway station on the Tadami Line in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Nanukamachi is "七日町" in Japanese. It means that bazaar was held on the seventh day in Edo era. "七日町" is also called "Nanokamachi".

Lines

Nanukamachi Station is served by the Tadami Line and is located 1.3 rail kilometres from the official starting point of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station. It is also served by trains of the Aizu Railway Aizu Line to continue past the nominal terminus of the line at Nishi-Wakamatsu and travel on the Aizu-Wakamatsu.

Station layout

Nanukamachi Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended; however, within the station building is the "EkiCafe", a shop that sells many things of Aizu region, such as traditional sweets. And it also has an information corner about sightseeing in Aizu.^[1] The bus for sightseeing of Aizuwakamatsu stops at Nanukamachi station, It's called "Haikara-san".

History

Nanukamachi Station opened on November 1, 1934, as an intermediate station on the initial eastern section of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Tadami Line between Aizu-Wakamatsu and Aizu-Yanaizu.^[2] Operations were suspended from June 20, 1945, to June 20, 1946. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed July 28, 2002.

Surrounding area

Amida Temple
Aizuwakamatsu city hall
Aizuwakamatsu post office
Wakamatsu-Nanukamachi post office
Nisshin Elementary School
Aoi Senior High School
Aizuwakamatsu Xaverio Gakuen
- Elementary School
- Junior High School
- Senior High School
National Route 118
National Route 252
Fukushima Prefectural Route 59
Fukushima Prefectural Route 325
Fukushima Prefectural Route 326

References

^ 駅Cafe. Archived 2008-03-15 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
^ "Tadami Line User Manual" (PDF). Union Workshop. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

External links

JR East Station information (in Japanese)
Aizu Railway Station information (in Japanese)
Nanukamachi Street information (in Japanese)

[1] 駅Cafe. Archived 2008-03-15 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)

[uw-2] "Tadami Line User Manual" (PDF). Union Workshop. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

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