Mizusawa Station
水沢駅 |
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Mizusawa Station, March 2007
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Location | Mizusawa-ku, 1-9-1 Higashidori, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-0828 Japan |
Coordinates | 39°08′21″N 141°08′46″E / 39.1392°N 141.1462°ECoordinates: 39°08′21″N 141°08′46″E / 39.1392°N 141.1462°E |
Operated by | JR East |
Line(s) | ■ Tōhoku Main Line |
Distance | 470.1 km from Tokyo |
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks | 3 |
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Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 1 November 1890 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2016) | 1866 daily |
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Mizusawa Station (水沢駅 Mizusawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the city of Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Mizusawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 470.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Mizusawa Station has an island platform and a single side platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The station is noted for the numerous nambu furin (wind chimes), and the station is listed as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.
Mizusawa station opened on 1 November 1890. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,866 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).