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Ashinomaki-Onsen Station 芦ノ牧温泉駅
Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in May 2010
General information
Location	Oto-cho, Kamimiyori otsu 249, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima-ken 969-5123 Japan
Coordinates	37°23′44″N 139°55′56″E / 37.39556°N 139.93222°E / 37.39556; 139.93222
Operated by	Aizu Railway
Line(s)	■Aizu Line
Distance	10.5 km from Nishi-Wakamatsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 1, 1927
Previous names	Kami-Miyori (until 1987)
Services
Preceding station Aizu Railway Following station Yunokami-Onsentowards Aizu-Tajima Aizu LineRapid Relay Nishi-Wakamatsutowards Aizu-Wakamatsu Ōkawadamukōentowards Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Aizu LineLocal Amayatowards Aizu-Wakamatsu
Location Ashinomaki-Onsen StationLocation within Fukushima PrefectureShow map of Fukushima PrefectureAshinomaki-Onsen StationAshinomaki-Onsen Station (Japan)Show map of Japan

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station (芦ノ牧温泉駅, Ashinomaki-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway.

Lines

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station is served by the Aizu Line, and is located 10.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Nishi-Wakamatsu.

Station layout

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station has two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Bus, Love and Peach, the station master cats

The station is home to Bus (ばす, Basu), a long-haired cat who acts as the station master in a manner similar to Tama of Kishi Station. Bus was named after the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro. Bus had been a resident of the station since June, 2000. She was appointed as the honorary stationmaster in April 2008. She had worked with a human station master and retired in December 2015. Love (らぶ, Rabu) succeeded the honorary stationmaster. He started working with them from July, 2014. Bus stayed in the station also after retirement with the title of honorary stationmaster of admirable longevity. She died on April 22, 2016. On October 14, 2017, Peach (ぴーち, Pichi), who is Love's younger brother, was appointed as the rail manager (Head of facilities management). He retired in March 2020. Sakura (さくら, Sakura), who is a younger sister of Love and Peach, began to work as an apprentice station staff in the spring 2020. She was appointed as an attendant on April 17, 2021. On October 5, 2022, Love died at the age of eight. On November 5, 2023, Sakura was appointed as the honorary stationmaster.

History

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station opened on November 1, 1927, as Kamimiyori Station (上三寄駅, Kamimiyori-eki). The station was transferred to the ownership of the Aizu Railway on 16 July 1987.

Surrounding area

• National Route 118
• Kamimiyori Post Office
• Ashinomaki-Onsen

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 沿線のイベントや注目情報を、名誉駅長「ばす」がお知らせします [Honorary station manager "BASS" will inform you of event and attention information along the line]. Aizu Railway Company (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2016.
2. "Stationmaster cat 'Bus' retires, new feline appointed". Mainichi Daily News. December 25, 2015.
3. 車窓から四季思い出会津線 [From the train window Four seasons memories Aizu line]. aizutetsudo.jp (in Japanese).
4. "企業情報" [Company Information]. aizutetsudo.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

External links

• Aizu Railway Station information (in Japanese)

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture
• Aizu Line
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927
• Aizuwakamatsu