Izumo Yokota Station
is a train station of West Japan Railway Company(JR West) in Okuizumo, Shimane, Okuizumo, Nita District, Shimane, Nita, Shimane Prefecture, Shimane, Japan on Kisuki Line. Its nickname is Kushinadahime. Just four trains from Shinji Station including seasonal Okuizumo-Orochi-Gō(:ja:奥出雲おろち号, 奥出雲おろち号) run through to Bingo Ochiai Station. Other trains end their journey at this station. Structure Two side platforms on ground. The wooden station building which imitated the Shinto shrine was built in 1934 when the station opened. Surrounding area *There is a town square. There is reserved a railway semaphore signal, semaphore signal in front of the station. *Route 314 (Japan), National Highway Route 314 Adjacent stations See also * List of railway stations in Japan External links Izumo Yokota Station (JR West) {{Kisuki Line [Baidu]  

Okuizumo, Shimane
is a town located in Nita District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It was formed on March 31, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Nita and Yokota. As of March 1, 2017, the town has a population of 12,655 and a density of 34 persons per km². The area is 368.06 km². History The town of Okuizumo was one of the early centers of Tatara iron making method and remains the only modern site of it, producing a steel for the traditional Japanese swords. Nearby Komaki mine was used to produce tungsten from 1911 to 1984. Geography Climate Okuizumo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ... ''Cfa'') with very warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year. The average annual temperat ...
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