Mokichi-Kinenkan-mae Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 茂吉記念館前駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Benten-1421 Kitamachi, Kaminoyama-shi, Yamagata-ken 999-3131 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 38.171°N 140.2979°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōu Main Line |
Distance: | 77.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 5 December 1952 |
Former: | Kitakaminoyama (until 1992) |
Map Type: | Japan Yamagata Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Mokichi-Kinenkan-mae Station |
is a railway station in the city of Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It takes its name after the Mokichi Saitō Memorial Museum.
Mokichi-Kinenkan-mae Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 77.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.
The station has two opposed side platforms connected via a level crossing. The station is unattended.
The station opened on 5 December 1952 as . The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. It was renamed to its present name on 1 July 1992.
The surrounding area is of rice paddies and small rural communities.