Kairakuen Station

Kairakuen Station 偕楽園駅
Kairakuen Station down platform, March 2019
General information
Location	Tokiwa-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 310-0033 Japan
Coordinates	36°22′22″N 140°27′23″E / 36.3729°N 140.4564°E / 36.3729; 140.4564
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	113.4 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	2 February 1925
Previous names	Kōenshita (until 1967)
Passengers
N/A daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tsuchiura (limited service) One-way operation Hitachi (limited service, seasonal) Mito towards Sendai Akatsuka (limited service) One-way operation Tokiwa (limited service, seasonal) Mito towards Takahagi Akatsuka One-way operation Jōban Line Local-Futsuu (seasonal) Mito towards Sendai Mito Line (seasonal) Mito Terminus
Location Kairakuen Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Kairakuen Station Kairakuen Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kairakuen Station (偕楽園駅, Kairakuen-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Jōban Line in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

It is a "seasonal" station which serves the nearby Kairaku-en gardens, and is open only during the plum blossom season in February and March. Some Hitachi and Tokiwa limited express services also stop at the station during this period.^[2]

Kairakuen Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno Station in Tokyo. Located between Akatsuka and Mito stations, it is 113.4 km from the starting point of the Joban Line at Ueno Station.^[3]

The station consists of a single side platform serving the down (Mito-bound) track only. Up (Ueno-bound) trains do not stop at this station.

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  Station entrance, February 2017
• 
  Platform, March 2005
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  Kairaku-en garden and train

The station first opened on 2 February 1925^[3] as Kōenshita temporary station (公園下仮乗降場, Kōenshita-karijōkōjō).^[4] On 1 February 1967, it was renamed Kairakuen Station.^[4] From 1 April 1987, it became a seasonal station.

• Kairaku-en gardens
• Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
• Tokiwa Jinja shrine

• List of railway stations in Japan

• 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

Media related to Kairakuen Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Kairakuen Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)