Chōjagahamashiosaihamanasukōenmae Station
railway station in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Chōjagahamashiosaihamanasukōenmae Station (長者ヶ浜潮騒はまなす公園前駅, Chōjagahama Shiosai Hamanasu Kōenmae-eki; "in front of the park of sea roar and rugosa roses by Chojagahama beach") is a passenger railway station in the town of Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the third sector Kashima Rinkai Railway.
The station was originally tied with Minamiaso Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station in Kumamoto Prefecture for the longest train station name in Japan, with 22 hiragana characters each, until both were surpassed by Tōjiin Ritsumeikan University Station in Kyoto in 2020.
Lines
Chōjagahamashiosaihamanasukōenmae Station is served by the Ōarai Kashima Line, and is located 48.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.
Station layout
The station consists of one elevated side platform, serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building and the station is unattended.
History
Chōjagahamashiosaihamanasukōenmae Station was opened on 11 November 1990.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 63 passengers daily.
“Chōjagahamashiosaihamanasukōenmae Station” enters the record as railway station in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Chōjagahamashiosaihamanasukōenmae, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5118991. Authority coordinates are 36.031, 140.619. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1990 and 2015.
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