Yokobori Station

Yokobori Station 横堀駅
Yokobori Station in July 2018
General information
Location	127-2, Ono Yuzawa-shi, Akita-ken 019-0205 Japan
Coordinates	39°3′52.5″N 140°27′5.4″E / 39.064583°N 140.451500°E / 39.064583; 140.451500
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	198.4 kilometers from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unmanned station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 5, 1905
Passengers
FY2018	120
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Innai towards Shinjō Ōu Main Line Local Mitsuseki towards Aomori
Location Yokobori Station Location within Akita Prefecture Show map of Akita Prefecture Yokobori Station Yokobori Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Yokobori Station (横堀駅, Yokobori eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in the city of Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.

Yokobori Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 198.4 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is Unstaffed.

Yokobori Station opened on July 5, 1905, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the Japan 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.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 120 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Yokobori is home to the Komachi-do temple that celebrates the Heian period poet Ono no Komachi, who died here. Every year when peonies are in full bloom lading the air with scent, normally the second Sunday of June, local people host the Komachi Matsuri. During the festival, seven "komachi musume" are reading out the waka poems, and small children parade through the area as well as a performance of Komachi taiko drums. About 30 minutes by car southeast from Yokobori along Japan National Route 108 is the Akinomiya Hot Spring Resort area.

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  Yokobori Station platform sign
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  View from platform looking east
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  View from platform looking west

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• JR East Station information (in Japanese)