Wajiki Station

Wajiki Station (和食駅, Wajiki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Geisei, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN31".^[1][2]

Wajiki Station 和食駅
Wajiki Station in 2010
General information
Location	Wajiki, Geisei-mura, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-5700 Japan
Coordinates	33°31′05″N 133°48′31″E
Operated by	Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)	■ Asa Line
Distance	18.2 km from Gomen
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Accessible	No - steps to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	GN31
History
Opened	1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY2011	223 daily
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Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 18.2 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.^[3] All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.^[4]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room has been set up at the base of the embankment together with parking lots and a bike shed. Access to the platforms is by two separate flights of steps.^[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Asa Line
Yasu		Rapid	Kyūjōmae
Nishibun		Local	Akano

Station mascot

Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Wajiki Station is a kappa named Wajiki Kappa-kun (わじき カッパ君). The design is chosen because local folklore refers to kappa, a river Yōkai (imp or demon), inhabits the nearby Wajiki river.^[6]

History

The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from Gomen to Nahari.^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 223 passengers daily.^[7]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 55

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "和食" [Wajiki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第1巻 四国東部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 51, 86. ISBN 9784062951609.
4. "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
5. "和食" [Wajiki]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
6. "わじき カッパ君" [Wajiki Kappa-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
7. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 173, 303. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

Media related to Wajiki Station at Wikimedia Commons