is a railway station on the

Ōu Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Fukushima Station through Akita Station to Aomori Station. Since the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen on July 1, 1992, the Fukushima–Yamag ...

in the city of Yuzawa,

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, Japan, operated by

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Lines

Yokobori Station is served by the

, and is located 198.4 km from the

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of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one

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and one

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 ...

connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is Unstaffed.

Platforms

History

Yokobori Station opened on July 5, 1905, as a station on 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 ...

(JGR). The JGR became the

Japan 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 World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 120 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Yokobori is home to the Komachi-do temple that celebrates the

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...

poet

Ono no Komachi was a Japanese waka poet, one of the ''Rokkasen'' — the six best waka poets of the early Heian period. She was renowned for her unusual beauty, and ''Komachi'' is today a synonym for feminine beauty in Japan. She also counts among the Th ...

, who died here. Every year when peonies are in full bloom lading the air with scent, normally the second Sunday of June, local people host the Komachi Matsuri. During the festival, seven "komachi musume" are reading out the ''waka'' poems, and small children parade through the area as well as a performance of Komachi ''taiko'' drums. About 30 minutes by car southeast from Yokobori along

Japan National Route 108 National Route 108 is a national highway of Japan connecting Ishinomaki, Miyagi and Yurihonjō, Akita in Japan, with a total length of . History Route 108 was originally designated on 18 May 1953 as a route from Ishinomaki to Shinbori (now Sa ...

is th
Akinomiya Hot Spring Resort
area.

Gallery

File:Yokobori Station Platform Sign.JPG, Yokobori Station platform sign File:Yokobori Station platform view looking east.JPG, View from platform looking east File:Yokobori Station view west from station platform.JPG, View from platform looking west

References

External links

JR East Station information
{{Ou Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1904 Railway stations in Akita Prefecture Ōu Main Line Yuzawa, Akita