Sashimaki Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 刺巻駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ōmichi-242 Tazawako Sashimaki, Semboku-shi, Akita-ken 014-1202 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Tazawako Line |
Distance: | 44.4 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | August 31, 1923 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Sashimaki Station |
is a railway station located in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.
Sashimaki Station is served by the Tazawako Line, and is located 44.4 km from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.
The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Sashimaki Station opened on August 31, 1923 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), Obonai keiben-sen, serving the village of Obonai, Akita. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new log cabin style station building was completed in March 1997.