| Hyūgashi Station | |
| Native Name: | 日向市駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 1 Uemachi, Hyūga-shi, Miyazaki-ken 883-0044 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.4258°N 131.6278°W |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nippō Main Line |
| Distance: | 276.7 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Connections: | Bus terminal |
| Structure: | elevated |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Former: | Tomitaka Station (1921-1963) |
| Passengers: | 1405 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Map Type: | Japan Miyazaki Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Hyūgashi Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hyūga, Miyazaki, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1] Hyūgashi Station is located at the heart of Hyuga, Miyazaki. The current station is a timber-steel hybrid structure built in 2008 by Naito Architecture & Associates. It was built as a functional train station and also with the intention of being a symbol of the city.[2]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 276.7 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building was constructed over a period of more than 10 years with the cooperation of architecture and urban experts, railway officials, government officials, and citizens, including architect Hiroshi Naito and Osamu Shinohara of the University of Tokyo. Cedar was used because there was a strong request from the local community for it to be used, and although it is an elevated station, it is built to resemble a wooden structure. In September 2008, the station biolding won the Grand Prize at the Brunel Award, an international design contest related to railways.[3] This is the first time in Japan that a station building has won this award. In addition, the redevelopment of the area around the station won the grand prize in the urban space category of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's 2014 Urban Landscape Award.[4] The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The station opened on 11 October 1921 as on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR).[5] It was renamed Hyūgashi Station on 25 May 1963.[5] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[5] Freight operations were suspended from 1989 and the freight tracks were abolished in 1993.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1405 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]
The area in and around the station is regularly used for events and festivals.