Kawashiri Station

is a

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located in

Minami-ku, Kumamoto is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "south ward," it is bordered by the Nishi-ku, Chūō-ku, Higashi-ku and also by the cities of Uki, Uto and the towns of Kashima, Mifune and Kōsa. As of 2012, it has a popula ...

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. The station was used as a filming location for the 2011 film "

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" (''Kiseki'') by the Japanese director

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. Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1894 {{Kumamoto-railstation-stub