Kayashima Station 萱島駅 | |||||
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.jpg) Kayashima Station with the sacred tree growing through it | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 198-1, Kayashimahonmachi, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka-fu Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°44′51″N 135°36′41″E / 34.7474°N 135.6113°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Keihan Electric Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Keihan Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 12.8 km from Yodoyabashi | ||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
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| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Station code | KH16 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 April 1910 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 27,841 daily | ||||
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Kayashima Station (萱島駅, Kayashima-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. One notable feature of this station is that it has a large camphor sacred tree growing in the middle of it which is considered sacred to the local people.[1] The station was built around it. The tree is estimated to be around 700 years old; its base has a small Shinto shrine.[2]
- ^ "Japanese Train Station Protectively Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree". 27 January 2017.
- ^ Aaron Netsky, Kayashima Station, Atlas Obscura (Accessed March 15, 2017)