is a railway station and major stop along the

Aoimori Railway Line The is a regional rail line in Aomori Prefecture, Japan that is operated by the Aoimori Railway Company. It connects the terminal station of the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line, Metoki Station, in the town of Sannohe to Aomori Station, the termi ...

in the city of Aomori in

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the eas ...

, Japan. It is operated by the third sector railway operator

Aoimori Railway Company The is a public-private transport company that operates the Aoimori Railway Line in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Its headquarters are located in the city of Aomori. The government of Aomori Prefecture and the city of Aomori are the primary shareh ...

. Passenger trains serve the station 17 and a half hours a day; the departure time between trains is roughly 30 minutes during the morning peak with reduced frequency at other times. The station also serves as a bus station for

Aomori City Bus is the bus public transit system in the city of Aomori (city), Aomori in northern Japan. References External links Aomori City Bus website
{{Aomori transit Bus companies of Japan Transport in Aomori Prefecture ...

and , with local bus routes connecting the station to communities throughout the city of Aomori and neighboring

Hiranai ( ain, ピラナィ, piranay) is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan and a part of the Aomori metropolitan area. , the town had an estimated population of 10,460 in 4,860 households, and a population density of 48 persons per km². It i ...

Location

Asamushi-Onsen Station is one of six principal stations served by the

, and is from the terminus of the line at

Metoki Station is a railway station in the town of Sannohe in the Sannohe District of Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third sector railway operators Aoimori Railway Company and Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. Location Metoki Station is the s ...

. It is from .

Surrounding area

Asamushi Aquarium also called Aquarium Asamushi, is an aquarium in the Asamushi area of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Overlooking Mutsu Bay, it is the northernmost aquarium in Honshū. It is also the largest general aquarium in the Tōhoku region. It kee ...

* Asamushi Onsen *

Asamushi-Natsudomari Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park on the north coast of Aomori Prefecture, Japan, overlooking Mutsu Bay. Established in 1953, the park spans the borders of the municipalities of Aomori and Hiranai. It encompasses Asamushi Onsen and the coastline o ...

*Asamushi Post Office *

Station layout

Asamushi-Onsen Station has an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

and a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

serving three tracks. The platform is connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building is attended from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 September 1891, as on the

Nippon Railway was the first private railway company in the history of Japan. The company built trunk lines connecting Tokyo with the Tōhoku region to the northeast. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationaliza ...

. It became a station on the

Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fuku ...

of the

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Ra ...

(JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR), after the nationalization of the Nippon Railway on 1 November 1906. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in February 1962. The station was renamed as Asamushi-Onsen Station on 1 November 1986. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on 4 December 2010.

Services

Aomori and Hachinohe-bound trains at Asamushi-Onsen Station

The station is primarily served by trains operating on a local service on the Aoimori Railway Line between Aomori and

Hachinohe is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 221,459, and a population density of 725 persons per km2 in 96,092 households, making it Aomori Prefecture's second largest city by population. The city ...

. It is served by one express train, the 560M train operated jointly by the Aoimori Railway and the Iwate Galaxy Railway between Aomori and . Passenger trains serve Asamushi-Onsen Station for 17 and a half hours each day from 6:01am to 11:31pm. At peak hours between the first train and 9:16am, trains depart from the station roughly every 30 minutes; otherwise trains depart at an approximate hourly basis. In 2018, a daily average of 683 passengers boarded trains at Asamushi-Onsen Station, an increase from the daily average of 330 passengers the station served in 2010, the final year of its ownership by JR East. In 2018, the station was the ninth busiest on the Aoimori Railway Line, excluding Aomori and Hachinohe stations, and the least busiest along the line in the city of Aomori.

Bus services

Aomori Station is a railway station in the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The station has been operating since September 1891, though the most recent station building, which consists of three island platforms connected to the station building by a ...

via

Nonai Nonai may refer to: *Nonai, Aomori was a List of villages in Japan, village located in Higashitsugaru District, Aomori, Higashitsugaru District in central Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The former town was best known as a ''shukuba'' along the Matsumae ...

* ** Mutsu Bus Terminal via

Noheji Station is a railway station located in the central district of the town of Noheji in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The station has been operating since 1891. Since 2010, the station has been jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) an ...

, Arito Station,

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...

, Chikagawa Station **

Shin-Aomori Station is a railway station in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Lines Shin-Aomori Station is the northern terminus of the Ōu Main Li ...

via Aomori Prefectural Office

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Trains, Japan Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891 Aomori (city) Aoimori Railway Line