Wakinosawa Station
Wakinosawa Station was a JR East railway station located in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station, as well as most of the structures in the surrounding area, was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: former railway station, now a BRT station in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Wakinosawa-eki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Takatakōkōmae and Kiseki-no-Ippon-Matsu (Miracle Pine).
Takatakōkōmae
Bus station
Photo: 緒方 英二, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Takatakōkōmae is a bus station, which is situated 2 km northwest of Wakinosawa Station.
Kiseki-no-Ippon-Matsu (Miracle Pine)
Railway station
Photo: 緒方 英二, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kiseki-no-Ippon-Matsu (Miracle Pine) is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km west of Wakinosawa Station.
Takata Hospital
Railway station
Photo: 緒方 英二, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Takata Hospital is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Wakinosawa Station.
Wakinosawa Station
- Categories: bus stop, former railway station, and transportation
- Location: Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Wakinosawa Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “脇之澤站”
- Chinese: “脇之澤車站”
- Indonesian: “Stasiun Wakinosawa”
- Japanese: “わきのさわえき”
- Japanese: “脇ノ沢駅”
- Korean: “와키노사와역”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wakinosawa Station”. Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.