Wajiki Station
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Wajiki Station 和食駅 | |||||
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 Wajiki Station in 2010 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Wajiki, Geisei-mura, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-5700 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 33°31′05″N 133°48′31″E / 33.517955°N 133.808708°E | ||||
| Operated by | Tosa Kuroshio Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Asa Line | ||||
| Distance | 18.2 km from Gomen | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Embankment | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bike shed | ||||
| Accessible | No - steps to platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Station code | GN31 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 July 2002 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2011 | 223 daily | ||||
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Wajiki Station (和食駅, Wajiki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Geisei, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN31".[1][2]
Layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room has been set up at the base of the embankment together with parking lots and a bike shed. Access to the platforms is by two separate flights of steps.[2][3][5]
Adjacent stations
Station mascot
Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Wajiki Station is a kappa named Wajiki Kappa-kun (わじき カッパ君). The design is chosen because local folklore refers to kappa, a river Yōkai (imp or demon), inhabits the nearby Wajiki river.[6]
History
The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from Gomen to Nahari.[7]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 223 passengers daily.[7]
