Ashinomaki-Onsen Station (芦ノ牧温泉駅, Ashinomaki-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway.

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Ashinomaki-Onsen Station 芦ノ牧温泉駅
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in May 2010
General information
Location	Oto-cho, Kamimiyori otsu 249, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima-ken 969-5123 Japan
Coordinates	37°23′44″N 139°55′56″E
Operated by	Aizu Railway
Line(s)	■Aizu Line
Distance	10.5 km from Nishi-Wakamatsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 1, 1927
Previous names	Kami-Miyori (until 1987)
Location
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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 layout

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station has two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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 rail manager (Head of facilities management). He retired in March 2020. Sakura (さくら, Sakura), who is a younger sister of Love and Peach, began to work as an apprentice station staff in the spring 2020. She was appointed as an attendant on April 17, 2021. On October 5, 2022, Love died at the age of eight.

History

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station opened on November 1, 1927, as Kamimiyori Station (上三寄駅, Kamimiyori-eki). The station was renamed to its present name on July 16, 1987.

Surrounding area

• National Route 118
• Kamimiyori Post Office
• Ashinomaki-Onsen

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashinomaki-Onsen Station.

• Aizu Railway Station information (in Japanese)