Imagawa-Kappa Station

Railway station in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Imagawa-Kappa Station

今川河童駅

Statue of a kappa near the station entrance

General information
Location| 1380-2 Nagasue, Yukuhashi-shi, Fukuoka-ken
Japan
Coordinates| 33°42′11″N 130°57′56″E﻿ / ﻿33.7031°N 130.9656°E﻿ / 33.7031; 130.9656
Operated by|  Heisei Chikuhō Railway
Line(s)| ■ Tagawa Line
Distance| 3.0 km (from Yukuhashi Station)
Platforms| 1 side platform
Construction
Structure type| At-grade
Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Station code| HC28
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 1 October 1990 (1990-10-01)
Services
| Preceding station  | Heisei Chikuhō Railway | Following station

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Miyakoizumi

towards Yukuhashi

|  | Tagawa Line |  | Toyotsu

towards Tagawa-Ita

Location

Imagawa-Kappa Station

Location within Fukuoka Prefecture

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Imagawa-Kappa Station

Imagawa-Kappa Station (Japan)

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Imagawa-Kappa Station (今川河童駅, Imagawa-Kappa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of  Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector railway operator Heisei Chikuhō Railway. [1] On 1 April 2009, the Yukuhashi branch of a Yamaguchi-based insurance agency, Hoken Hiroba (保険ひろば), acquired naming rights to the station. Therefore, the station is alternatively known as Hoken Hiroba Youme Town Yukuhashi Branch Imagawa-Kappa Station (保険ひろばゆめタウン行橋店 今川河童駅, Hoken-Hiroba-Yumetaun-Yukuhashi-ten-Imagawa-Kappa-eki).[2]

## Lines

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Imagawa-Kappa is served by the Tagawa Line and is located 3.0 km from the starting point of the line at Yukuhashi.[1] Trains arrive roughly every 30 minutes.[3]

## Layout

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The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.[1] The station name references a kappa, a creature in Japanese folklore.

## History

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The station was opened on 1 October 1990.

## Surrounding area

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* Fukuoka Prefectural Route 34 Bridge Soeda Line
* Higashikyushu Expressway Imagawa Parking Area

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 49, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
2. ^ "駅名変更のお知らせ「駅名（愛称）ネーミングライツ！４月１日スタート！」". 平成筑豊鉄道 (in Japanese). 平成筑豊鉄道. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. ^ "平成筑豊鉄道全駅時刻表 直方 → 金田 → 田川伊田 → 行橋・金田 → 田川後藤寺" (PDF). 平成筑豊鉄道 (in Japanese). 平成筑豊鉄道. 16 March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

## External links

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Media related to Imagawa-Kappa Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Imagawa-Kappa Station (in Japanese) (Heisei Chikuhō Railway website)

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Stations of the Heisei Chikuhō Railway Tagawa Line

* Yukuhashi
* Reiwa Costa Yukuhashi
* Miyakoizumi
* Imagawa-Kappa
* Toyotsu
* Shin-Toyotsu
* Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō
* Saigawa
* Sakiyama
* Genjiinomori
* Yusubaru
* Aka
* Uchida
* Kakishita Onsenguchi
* Magarikane
* Kamiita
* Tagawa-Ita

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