is a passenger

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located in the town of Toyono, Toyono District,

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...

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. It is operated by the private transportation company

Nose Electric Railway The (pronounced No-say), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kaw ...

Lines

Myōkenguchi Station is the

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of the

Myōken Line The (pronounced No-say), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kawan ...

, and is located 12.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two

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s. The effective length of the platform is for four-carriage trains. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Myōkenguchi Station opened on November 3, 1923 as . On April 1, 1965 it was renamed , but the name was shortened to Myōkenguchi Station only 3 months later in July of the same year.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 877 passengers daily

Surrounding area

* Myoken no Mori Cable Kurokawa Station (about 20 minutes on foot, about 5 minutes by bus) * Sakuradani Light Railway (about 10 minutes on foot) *Yoshikawa Hachiman Shrine *Toyono Municipal Yoshikawa Elementary School

References

External links

Tokiwadai Station official home page
Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Stations of Nose Electric Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 Toyono, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub