Mikage Station (Hokkaido)

Mikage Station (御影駅, Mikage-eki) is a railway station in Shimizu, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido, Japan.

Station building, October 2017

History

The station was opened as Sanenkoro Station (佐念頃駅) on 8 September 1907. The name was a transliteration from the Ainu language; "san enkoro" translates as "protruding nose" in English. The name was changed to Mikage on 15 October 1922. It was named after the granite which was mined in the area, which is sometimes called mikageishi (御影石) in Japanese.[1][2] The village of Mikage had been established the previous year.[3]

Lines

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nemuro Main Line
Limited Express Super Tokachi: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Ōzora: Does not stop at this station
Tokachi-Shimizu   Local   Memuro

42°56′33″N 142°56′09″E

References
  1. "JR御影駅（無人駅）" [JR Mikage Station (unmanned station)] (in Japanese). JR Kushiro. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. "御影石の英語". Weblio. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. "歴史" [History] (in Japanese). Town of Shimizu. 1 September 2016.


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