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Hataki Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōzu, Ehime, Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "S15". Lines Hataki Station is located on the older, original, branch of the Yosan Line which runs along the coast from to and is 241.7 km from the beginning of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station. Eastbound local services end at . Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line. Layout The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. History The station opened on 14 February 1918. At that time, it was an intermediate station on the privately run 762 mm gauge Ehime Railway from Nagahama-machi (now ) to Ōzu (now ). When the company was nationalized on 1 October 1933, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control and operated the station as part of the Ehime Line. Subseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōzu, Ehime
is a Japanese city located in Nanyo, the region occupying the southern half of Ehime Prefecture. As of January 31, 2020, the city had an estimated population of 42,655. History Ōzu emerged as a medieval castle-town along the Hiji River. The settlement became the seat of the Ōzu domain (大洲藩, ''Ōzu-han'') during the Edo period. Subsequently, it flourished as an industrial post -silk, paper and wax industries- , attaining its heyday in the first decades of the 20th century. Transformations brought by the arrival of railways and motorways disrupted the balance of the local economic cycle. The keep of the castle, symbol of the city and demolished in 1888, was reconstructed using original techniques and materials in 2004. Outline − End of Kamakura period (early 14th century), first defensive structure on the banks of the Hiji River. − Early Azuchi–Momoyama period (late 16th century), completion of the current Ōzu Castle. − 1617: arrival of Katō Sadayasu ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
