is a commuter
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
on the
Enoshima Electric Railway
The is a private railway in Japan which connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Stations en route include , the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, the temple with the colossal outdoor statue of Amida Buddha. T ...
(Enoden) located in the Gokurakuji neighborhood of the city of
Kamakura,
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...
,
Japan.
Lines
Gokurakuji Station is served by the
Enoshima Electric Railway Main Line and is from the terminus of the line at
Fujisawa Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single
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 bi-directional traffic. The station is attended.
Platforms
Lines
Gokurakuji Station is served by the
Enoshima Electric Railway Line, and is 7.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Enoden at
Fujisawa Station.
History
Gokurakuji Station opened on 1 April 1904.
In 1997, it was selected as one of the by a selection committee commissioned by the
Japanese Ministry of Transportation.
Station numbering was introduced to the Enoshima Electric Railway January 2014 with Gokurakuji being assigned station number EN11.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1,764 passengers daily, making it the 13th used of the 15 Enoden stations
The average passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.
Surrounding area
*
Gokuraku-ji Temple
*Gokurakuji Pass
Appearance in popular media
Gokurakuji Station was featured in the 2015 movie, "
Our Little Sister
is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and based on Akimi Yoshida's manga series '' Umimachi Diary''. It stars Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho and Suzu Hirose. The film follows three sisters living in Kamakura, alongsid ...
" (Umimachi Diary) and in the early 2000s anime "
Elfen Lied
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's '' Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2002 to August 2005, with the 107 chapters collected into twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. ''Elfen ...
", by
Lynn Okamoto. It was also featured in every episode of a popular Fuji TV television series, "Second to Last Love" (最後から二番目の恋, “
Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
''Second to Last Love'', or , is a Japanese television drama series, starring Kyōko Koizumi and Kiichi Nakai. The series aired Thursdays at 22:00 - 22:54, on Fuji Television from January 12, to March 22, 2012.
A second season entitled was br ...
”) directed by Rieko Miyamoto, two seasons of which aired in 2012 and 2014. It is also the setting of the ''
manga'' "
Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club" which was serialized from 2011 to 2018. The station also appeared in the full version of the music video for the 2011
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with ...
song
Kimi no Senaka.
【MV full】 君の背中 / AKB48 [公式]
''Uploaded 8 Dec 2021''
See also
* List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to ...
References
External links
Enoden station information
{{Enoshima Electric Railway
Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1904
Kamakura, Kanagawa