Mikage Station (Hokkaido)

Mikage Station (御影駅, Mikage-eki) is a railway station in Shimizu, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido, Japan.

History

The station was opened as Sanenkoro Station (佐念頃駅) on 8 September 1907. The name was a transliteration from the Ainu language; "san enkoro" translates as "protruding nose" in English. The name was changed to Mikage on 15 October 1922. It was named after the granite which was mined in the area, which is sometimes called mikageishi (御影石) in Japanese.^[1]^[2] The village of Mikage had been established the previous year.^[3]

Lines

Hokkaido Railway Company
- Nemuro Main Line Station K26

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Nemuro Main Line
Tokachi-Shimizu	Rapid	Memuro
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Haobi	Local	Memuro

Stations of the Nemuro Main Line

■ Takikawa to Shintoku	Takikawa Higashi-Takikawa Akabira Moshiri Hiragishi Ashibetsu Kami-Ashibetsu Nokanan Shimanoshita Furano Nunobe Yamabe Shimo-Kanayama Kanayama Higashi-Shikagoe Ikutora Ochiai Shintoku

■ Shintoku to Kushiro	Shintoku Tokachi-Shimizu Haobi Mikage Memuro Taisei Nishi-Obihiro Hakurindai Obihiro Satsunai Inashibetsu Makubetsu Toshibetsu Ikeda Tōfutsu Toyokoro Shin-Yoshino Urahoro Kami-Atsunai Atsunai Chokubetsu Shakubetsu Onbetsu Furuse Shiranuka Nishi-Shoro Shoro Otanoshike Shin-Otanoshike Shin-Fuji Kushiro

■ Kushiro to Nemuro (Hanasaki Line)	Kushiro Higashi-Kushiro Musa Beppo Kami-Oboro Oboro Monshizu Akkeshi Itoizawa Chanai Hamanaka Anebetsu Attoko Hattaushi Bettoga Ochiishi Kombumori Nishi-Wada ~~Hanasaki~~ Higashi-Nemuro Nemuro

Coordinates: 42°56′33″N 142°56′09″E / 42.94250°N 142.93583°E / 42.94250; 142.93583

References

↑ "JR御影駅（無人駅）" [JR Mikage Station (unmanned station)] (in Japanese). JR Kushiro. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "御影石の英語". Weblio. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "歴史" [History] (in Japanese). Town of Shimizu. 1 September 2016.

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