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".

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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
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
Preceding station JR East Following station Nishi-Wakamatsu towards Koide Tadami Line Aizu-Wakamatsu Terminus Preceding station Aizu Railway Following station Nishi-Wakamatsu towards Shimo-Imaichi Aizu Mount Express Aizu-Wakamatsu Terminus Nishi-Wakamatsu towards Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Aizu Line Rapid Torokko Aizu-Wakamatsu One-way operation Aizu Line Local Aizu-Wakamatsu Terminus
Location
Nanukamachi Station Location within JR Tadami Line Show map of JR Tadami Line Nanukamachi Station Nanukamachi Station (Fukushima Prefecture) Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Nanukamachi Station Nanukamachi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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. 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 Japanese National Railways (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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nanukamachi Station.

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