Minamiaso Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station

Minamiaso Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station (南阿蘇水の生まれる里白水高原駅, Minamiaso Mizu-no-umareru-sato Hakusui-kōgen-eki), referred usually to as simply Hakusui-Kōgen Station, is a railway station located in Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan. It is an ancient site of a well in the foothills of Japan's largest volcano, Mt. Aso.

Minamiaso Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station

南阿蘇水の生まれる里白水高原駅
General information
LocationŌaza Nakamatsu, Minamiaso, Aso, Kumamoto
(阿蘇郡南阿蘇村大字中松)
Japan
Operated byMinamiaso Railway
Line(s)Takamori Line
History
OpenedApril 1, 1992

The station was originally tied with Chojagahama Shiosai Hamanasu Koenmae Station for the longest train station name in Japan, with 22 hiragana characters each,[1] until both were surpassed by Tōjiin Ritsumeikan University Station in Kyoto in 2020.[2]

Lines

See also

Adjacent stations

Service
Takamori Line
Aso-Shimodajō-Fureai-Onsen - Nakamatsu

References

  1. いばらきもの知り博士 Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today - Ibaraki Prefectural home page (in Japanese)
  2. "Tongue twister training: Kyoto rail stop gets Japan's longest station name". Mainichi. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

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