Kazamatsuri Station Explained

Kazamatsuri Station
Native Name:	風祭駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Kazamatsuri aza Nakase 240-2, Odawara, Kanagawa
Country:	Japan
Owned:	Hakone Tozan Railway
Operator:	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line:	Hakone Tozan Line
Opened:	1935

is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 3.2 rail kilometers from the line's terminus at Odawara Station.

History

Kazamatsuri Station was opened on 10 October 1935, when the Hakone Tozan Railway (founded 1928) changed its tram line, Odawawa - Hakone-Yumoto, to a railway. The station was completely reconstructed in 2007–2008.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Kazamatsuri being assigned station number OH49.^{[1] [2]}

On 1 April 2024, operations of the station came under the aegis of Odakyu Hakone resulting from restructuring of Odakyu Group operations in the Hakone area.^[3]

Lines

• Hakone Tozan Railway
  • Hakone Tozan Line

Building

Kazamatsuri Station previously had a single island platform, but this was replaced with two opposed side platforms in its 2007-2008 reconstruction.

Platforms

Bus services

• Hakone Tozan Bus
  • "H" line for Hakone Machi Ko (Lake Ashi) via Hakone Yumoto Station, Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone Ko (Hakone Shrine), Hakone Checkpoint^[4]
  • "T" line for Togendai (Lake Ashi) via Hakone Yumoto Station, Miyanoshita, Sengoku (transfer for JR Gotemba Station & Gotemba Premium Outlets)^[4]
  • for Odawara Station^[5]
• Izu Hakone Bus
  • "J" & "Z" lines for Hakone Checkpoint (Lake Ashi) via Hakone Yumoto Station, Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone (Hakone Shrine), Kojiri
  • for Odawara Station

External links

• Hakone Tozan Railway Official Site
• Hakone Tozan Bus Official Site

35.2463°N 139.1291°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: 24 December 2013 . 2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！ . From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially! . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026092741/http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/8052_1284200_.pdf . 26 October 2022 . 9 January 2023 . odakyu.jp . ja.
2. Web site: Kusamichi . Yoshikazu . 28 December 2013 . 小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入 . Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200622180450/https://response.jp/article/2013/12/28/213984.html . 22 June 2020 . 10 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.
3. Web site: Odakyu Hakone Holdings Co., Ltd. . 24 January 2024 . 小田急箱根グループの組織再編に関するお知らせ . Notice regarding reorganization of Odakyu Hakone Group . Japanese.
4. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-10116-001001.pdf Bus stop timetable for "H" and "T" line, Hakone Machi Ko and Togendai (Hakone Tozan Bus)
5. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-10116-002001.pdf Bus stop timetable for Odawara Station (Hakone Tozan Bus)