Kairakuen Station
Kairakuen Station is a passenger railway station on the Jōban Line in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. It is a "seasonal" station which serves the nearby Kairaku-en gardens, and is open only during the plum blossom season in February and March.Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Mito, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kairakuen” and “Kairakuen-eki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kairakuen and Tokiwa Shrine.
Kairakuen
Garden
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kairaku-en is a Japanese garden located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kenroku-en and Koraku-en, it is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. Kairakuen is situated 340 metres northwest of Kairakuen Station.
Tokiwa Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Stanislaus, Public domain.
Tokiwa Jinja is a Shinto shrine adjacent to the gardens of Kairakuen in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. Founded in 1874, enshrined are Tokugawa Mitsukuni, second daimyō of the Mito Domain and compiler of Dai Nihonshi, and Tokugawa Nariaki, ninth lord and founder of the nearby Kōdōkan han school. Tokiwa Shrine is situated 210 metres north of Kairakuen Station.
Semba Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Semba Park is situated 500 metres southeast of Kairakuen Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ibaraki.
Ibaraki
Town
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ibaraki is a town located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2020, the town had an estimated population of 31,596 in 12,052 households and a population density of 260 inhabitants per square kilometre. Ibaraki is situated 10 km south of Kairakuen Station.
Kairakuen Station
- Categories: temporary railway station, railway station above ground, one-way station, station, and transportation
- Location: Mito, Ibaraki, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.3731° or 36° 22′ 23″ northLongitude
140.45623° or 140° 27′ 22″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Inception
February 2nd, 1925Operator
East Japan Railway CompanyNetwork
常磐線Open location code
8R829FF4+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 2493510748OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Urdu—“Kairakuen Station” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ခအိရခုအင်းဘူတာ”
- Chinese: “偕樂園車站”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كايراكوين”
- French: “gare de Kairakuen”
- French: “Kairakuen”
- Italian: “stazione di Kairakuen”
- Italian: “Stazione di Kairakuen”
- Japanese: “Kairakuen”
- Japanese: “かいらくえん”
- Japanese: “かいらくえんえき”
- Japanese: “偕楽園”
- Japanese: “偕楽園仮降車場”
- Japanese: “偕楽園臨時乗降場”
- Japanese: “偕楽園駅”
- Japanese: “公園下仮降車場”
- Korean: “가이라쿠엔”
- Korean: “가이라쿠엔역”
- Ukrainian: “Кайракуен”
- Urdu: “کائراکوئن اسٹیشن”
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