| Kyūjōmae Station | |
| Native Name: | 球場前駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | Sakuragaokacho, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0026 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Operator: | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
| Line: | Asa Line |
| Distance: | 26.2 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Structure: | Embankment |
| Parking: | Available |
| Bicycle: | Bike shed |
| Accessible: | No - steps to platform |
| Code: | GN28 |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 222 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2011 |
| Map Type: | Japan Kochi Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kyūjōmae Station |
(literally, in front of the ball-park) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN28".[1]
The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 26.2 km from the beginning of the line at .[2] All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.[3]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room which comprises both open and enclosed compartments has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A timber waiting room in traditional Japanese architectural style has been set up at the base of the embankment together with a bike shed and parking lots for cars.[4] [2] [5]
Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Kyūjōmae Station is a figure with a baseball for a head dressed in yellow baseball gear with vertical black stripes named . The baseball theme relates to the baseball stadium near to the station.[6]
The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from to .[7]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 222 passengers daily.[7]