Mizusawa Station
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is a railway station on the JR East
Tōhoku Main Line. It is located in Ōshū
, Iwate
, Japan
. Its nambu furin (wind chimes
) are one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan
.
At Mizusawa Station, fare tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale.
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
Tōhoku Main Line. It is located in Ōshū
Oshu, Iwate
is the second largest city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan with a population of 127,804.The city was founded on February 20, 2006, as the result of a merger between the cities of Esashi and Mizusawa, the towns of Maesawa and Isawa and the village of Koromogawa from Isawa District...
, Iwate
Iwate Prefecture
is the second largest prefecture of Japan after Hokkaido. It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point. The capital is Morioka. Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Its nambu furin (wind chimes
Wind Chimes
"Wind Chimes" is a song composed by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for the American rock band The Beach Boys. The original version of the song was written and recorded for the aborted 1966 album Smile. The band completely re-recorded the song for inclusion on their next album, Smiley Smile...
) are one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan
100 Soundscapes of Japan
In 1996, as part of its efforts to combat noise pollution and to protect and promote the environment, the Ministry of the Environment designated the . 738 submissions were received from all over the country and the 100 'best' were selected after examination by the Japan Soundscape Study Group...
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Station structure
The ground-level station has two platforms with three tracks.| 1 | ■Tōhoku Main Line | For Kitakami Kitakami Station is a railway station of the JR East. It is located in Kitakami, Iwate, Japan.-Lines:*JR East**Tōhoku Shinkansen**Tōhoku Main Line**Kitakami Line-Station structure:... and Morioka Morioka Station Morioka Station is a railway station located in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.-History:The station was opened on November 1, 1890, by Japan's first private railway company, Nippon Tetsudō.-Station layout:... |
| 2 | ■Tōhoku Main Line | (siding) |
| 3 | ■Tōhoku Main Line | For Ichinoseki Ichinoseki Station Ichinoseki Station is a JR East railway station located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.-Station structure:The station has two Shinkansen platforms serving two tracks and two conventional line platforms serving three tracks.-History:... and Sendai Sendai Station (Miyagi) is the major railway hub of the Tōhoku region in Japan, serving more passengers than any station outside the Greater Tokyo Area. It is a stop for all Akita and Tōhoku Shinkansen trains, the eastern terminus for the Senzan Line, and major stop on both the Tōhoku Main Line and Senseki Line... |
At Mizusawa Station, fare tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale.