Minami-Kesennuma Station
Minami-Kesennuma Station was a JR East railway station located in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and services have now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.- Type: Railway station
- Description: bus stop in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Minami-Kesennuma”, “Minamikesennuma Eki”, and “Minamikesennuma-eki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Ice Aquarium and Shark Museum.
The Ice Aquarium
Public aquarium
The Ice Aquarium is a tourist attraction in the north-eastern port of Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan, operated by the Okamoto Ice Refrigeration Plant. It features approximately 450 marine creatures that were flash-frozen into blocks of ice after being caught by local fishermen. The Ice Aquarium is situated 620 metres northeast of Minami-Kesennuma Station.
Kesennuma City Hospital
Hospital
Kesennuma City Hospital is situated 1¼ km southwest of Minami-Kesennuma Station.
Minami-Kesennuma Station
- Categories: bus stop, former railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Kesennuma, Miyagi, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89528° or 38° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
141.57606° or 141° 34′ 34″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Inception
February 11th, 1957
Operator
東日本旅客鉄道
Open location code
8RC3VHWG+4C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Minami-Kesennuma Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “南气仙沼站”
- Chinese: “南氣仙沼站”
- Chinese: “南氣仙沼車站”
- Indonesian: “Stasiun Minami-Kesennuma”
- Japanese: “Minami-Kesennuma”
- Japanese: “みなみけせんぬま”
- Japanese: “みなみけせんぬまえき”
- Japanese: “ミナミケセンヌマエキ”
- Japanese: “南気仙沼”
- Japanese: “南気仙沼駅”
- Korean: “미나미케센누마역”
- Urdu: “مینامی کیسینوما اسٹیشن”
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