Kami-Kumamoto Station Explained

Kami-Kumamoto Station should not be confused with Kita-Kumamoto Station.

Kami-Kumamoto Station
Native Name:	上熊本駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	2-18-1 Kami-Kumamoto, Nishi, Kumamoto, Kumamoto
Country:	Japan
Opened:	1891^[1]

is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, Japan. It is on the Kagoshima Main Line of JR Kyushu and the Kikuchi Line of Kumamoto Electric Railway. In front of the station is a tram stop of the tram operated by Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau named Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae Station.

Lines

• Kyushu Railway Company
  • Kagoshima Main Line
• Kumamoto Electric Railway
  • Kikuchi Line

Environs

• Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau

Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae tram stop

• Kumamoto Castle
• Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
• Kyōmachi-Honchō Post office
• Kumamoto District Meteorological Observatory
• Honmyōji Temple
• Kumamoto University Elementary School and Junior High School
• Kumamoto City Kyōryō Junior High School
• Kumamoto City Iseri Junior High School

References

32.8181°N 130.6994°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Ishino, Tetsu . 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ . 1 October 1998 . JTB . 1st . 684 . ja . Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II.