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JR West
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...
Geibi Line
The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in the mountainous area of the Chūgoku region in Japan. It begins at Bitchū Kōjiro Station on the west side of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, connecting through Miyoshi St ...
station
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located in Shimokobara, Kōta-chō,
Akitakata
270px, ruins of Yoshida Koriyama Castle
270px, Aerial view of Yoshida urban center
is a city located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 26,810 in 13,319 households and a population density of ...
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Hiroshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...
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Japan
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. The station name is derived from being the "entrance" to the former Yoshida-chō.
History
*1915-04-28: Yoshidaguchi Station opens
*1987-04-01:
Japan National Railways is privatized, and Yoshidaguchi Station becomes a JR West station
*November 1992: The current station building was completed
Station building and platforms
Yoshidaguchi Station features one raised
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 ...
, capable of handling two lines simultaneously. The station is a multi-purpose meeting building named "Pratt House."
Environs
*Yoshida Post Office
*
Yoshida Kōri Mountain Castle Ruins, a historical monument, former castle of the
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
Mōri Motonari
was a prominent ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari w ...
*Akitakata Municipal Kōta Elementary School
*Akitakata Municipal Yoshida Elementary School
*Hiroshima Prefectural Yoshida High School
*Yoshida Police Station
*Akitakata Municipal Offices
Highway access
* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)
* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 212 (Yoshidaguchi Teishajō Route)
Connecting lines
All lines are JR West lines.
;Geibi Line
:
Kōtachi Station — Yoshidaguchi Station —
Mukaihara Station
is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Saka, Mukaihara-chō, Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
History
*1915-04-28: Mukaihara Station opens
*March 1986: The current station building was completed
*1987-04-01: Japan National Railways ...
External links
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Geibi Line
Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture