is a railway station on the Joban Line in

Katsushika, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km². The total area is 34.80 ...

, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East). Kameari Station - south exit - July 21 2018

Lines

The station is served by the Joban Line.

Station layout

The 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 ...

with two tracks for local services. Tracks for non-stop (rapid) trains run parallel to the local tracks but are not served by platforms at this station.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 17 May 1897.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 41,058 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

The koban located at the north entrance of the train station is known as a model of a koban in

Osamu Akimoto is a Japanese manga artist from Katsushika, Tokyo. He is best known for his long-running comedy series '' KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', which was continuously published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 40 years from 1976 to 2016. With 1,960 chapt ...

's long-running manga ''

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo , often shortened to , and known in English as ''KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station (kōb ...

''. The police cartoon stages in Kameari area where the train station is situated. As a tribute to the cartoon, two statues of the officer Kankichi Ryotsu, the main character of the series, were placed near north and south entrances of the train station in 2006. Other statues of ''Kochi-Kame'' characters can be spotted in the surrounding area including Kameari Koen and are common photo spots for tourists.

References

External links

Kameari Station
(JR East) {{coord, 35.7666, N, 139.8477, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Tokyo Jōban Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897