Ayashi Station

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Ayashi Station 愛子駅
Ayashi Station in October 2021, after rebuilding
General information
Location	8-1, Ayashi-Chūō 1-chōme, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 989-3128 Japan
Coordinates	38°16′21.5″N 140°45′42″E / 38.272639°N 140.76167°E / 38.272639; 140.76167
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Senzan Line
Distance	15.2 km from Sendai
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website	Official website
History
Opened	29 September 1929
Rebuilt	2018
Passengers
FY2018	4,184 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Sakunami towards Yamagata Senzan Line Rapid A B C Rikuzen-Ochiai towards Sendai Rikuzen-Shirasawa towards Yamagata Senzan Line Local
Location Ayashi Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Ayashi Station Ayashi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Ayashi Station (愛子駅, Ayashi-eki) is a railway station on the Senzan Line in Aoba-ku, Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also uses the moniker "Entrance to the Akiu Hot Springs" (秋保温泉口, Akiu Onsen Guchi).

The kanji characters for Ayashi are the same characters as in the name Aiko given to the daughter of the Crown Prince of Japan. When she was born on December 1, 2001, over a thousand people came to the station to purchase platform tickets as a commemorative souvenir.^{[citation needed]} From April to November 2001, only 124 tickets were sold at the station but from December 7 to December 28, 2001, about 84,000 tickets were sold at the station.^[1] JR East began selling commemorative tickets on January 1, 2002, to honor the event showing the station.^[1] Each ticket was stamped with the station name and date of purchase automatically.