Ashinomaki-Onsen Station

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station 芦ノ牧温泉駅
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in May 2010
Location	Oto-cho, Kamimiyori otsu 249, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima （福島県会津若松市大戸町上三寄乙249） Japan
Operated by	Aizu Railway
Line(s)	Aizu Line
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Kami-Miyori (until 1987)

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station (芦ノ牧温泉駅 Ashinomaki-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway..

Lines

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station is served by the Aizu Line, and is located 10.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nishi-Wakamatsu Station.

Station layout

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station has two opposed side platform connected by a level crossing.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Aizu Railway Aizu Line
Nishi-Wakamatsu		Open-car "torokko"	Yunokami-Onsen
Amaya		Rapid	Ōkawa-Dam-Kōen
Amaya		Local	Ōkawa-Dam-Kōen

Bus and Love, the station master cats

The station is home to Bus (ばす Basu), a long-haired cat who acts as the station master in a manner similar to Tama of Kishi Station. Bus was named after the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro.^[1] Bus had been a resident of the station since June, 2000. She was appointed as the honorary stationmaster in April, 2008. She had worked with a human station master and retired in December, 2015. Love (らぶ Rabu) succeeded the honorary stationmaster.^[2] He started working with them from July, 2014. Bus stayed in the station also after retirement with the title of honorary stationmaster of admirable longevity. She died on April 22, 2016.^[3]

History

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station opened on November 1, 1927 at Kami-Miyori Station (上三寄駅｜Kamimiyori-eki). The station was renamed to its present name on July 16, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 118
• Kamimiyori Post Office
• Ashinomaki-Onsen

There are a couple of restaurants famous for ramen.

External links

• Aizu Railway Station information (Japanese)

References

Coordinates: 37°23′44″N 139°55′56″E / 37.39556°N 139.93222°E