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is a railway station in Kiyosato in the city of Hokuto,

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. Kiyosato Station serves as the gateway to the surrounding highland resort area as well as the Kiyosato Educational Experiment Program (KEEP), a Summer camp, agricultural training and conference center established in 1938 by American missionary Paul Rusch. With an elevation of on the southern slopes of

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, Kiyosato Station is the second highest station on the JR East rail network and the station with the highest elevation in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Lines

Kiyosato Station is served by the

Koumi Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Kobuchizawa Station in Hokuto, Yamanashi with Komoro Station in Komoro, Nagano, and extends 78.9 km (49.0 mi) through the mountains with a total of 3 ...

and is 17.5 kilometers from the

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of the line at

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Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed

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 platforms ...

s, connected by a level crossing. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Kiyosato Station was opened on 27 July 1933 by 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 Rai ...

. With the privatization of

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) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 219 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Kiyosato Modern Art Museum *

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References

External links

Kiyosato Station (JR East)
{{Koumi Line Railway stations in Yamanashi Prefecture Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933 Koumi Line Hokuto, Yamanashi