Shimofunato
Shimofunato Station was a JR East railway station located in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station was closed after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sangojima Island and Ōfunatomarumori.
Sangojima Island
Islet
Sangojima in an uninhabited islet located in the center of Ōfunato Bay, on the Sanriku Coast of Japan. It has been designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1946. Sangojima Island is situated 570 metres east of Shimofunato.
Ōfunatomarumori
Railway station
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ōfunatomarumori is a railway station, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Shimofunato.
Shimofunato
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.03844° or 39° 2′ 18″ northLongitude
141.7212° or 141° 43′ 16″ eastInception
September 3rd, 1934Operator
東日本旅客鉄道Open location code
8RF32PQC+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 5805643678OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Shimofunato” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “下船渡”
- Japanese: “しもふなと”
- Japanese: “下船渡”
- Korean: “시모후나토”
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