Gokurakuji Station (極楽寺駅, Gokurakuji-eki) is a commuter railway station on the Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden) located in the Gokurakuji neighborhood of the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
![]() Gokurakuji Station 極楽寺駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Gokurakuji Station entrance, April 2017 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 3-7-4 Gokurakuji, Kamakura, Kanagawa (神奈川県 鎌倉市極楽寺三丁目7-4) Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°18′33″N 139°31′43″E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Enoshima Electric Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Enoshima Electric Railway | ||||||||||
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History | |||||||||||
Opened | April 1, 1904 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2011 | 1,592 daily | ||||||||||
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Gokurakuji Station is served by the Enoshima Electric Railway Main Line and is 7.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fujisawa Station.[1]
The station consists of a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is attended.
1 | ■ Enoshima Electric Railway | For Kamakura or Fujisawa |
Gokurakuji Station is served by the Enoshima Electric Railway Line, and is 7.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Enoden at Fujisawa Station.
Gokurakuji Station opened on April 1, 1904.[1] In 1997, it was selected as one of the "100 Top Stations in the Kantō Region" (関東の駅百選, Kantō no eki 100 sen) by a selection committee commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Transportation.[citation needed]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1,764 passengers daily, making it the 13th used of the 15 Enoden stations [2]
The average passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.
Fiscal year | daily average |
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2005 | 583 [3] |
2010 | 380 [4] |
2015 | 1,173[5] |
Gokurakuji Station was featured in the 2015 movie, "Our Little Sister" (Umimachi Diary) and in the early 2000s anime "Elfen Lied", by Lynn Okamoto. It was also featured in every episode of a popular Fuji TV television series, "Second to Last Love" (最後から二番目の恋, “Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi”) directed by Rieko Miyamoto, two seasons of which aired in 2012 and 2014. It is also the setting of the manga "Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club" which was serialized from 2011 to 2018. The station also appeared in the full version of the music video for the 2011 AKB48 song Kimi no Senaka.[6]
Media related to Gokurakuji Station at Wikimedia Commons
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