Mikekado Station
railway station in Buzen, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Mikekado Station (三毛門駅, Mikekado-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Buzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.
Lines
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 48.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.
Layout
The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended. In the station square, there is a statue of a Mikekado pumpkin, a specialty of this area.
Platforms
History
The station was opened 11 February 1956 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 252 boarding passengers at this station.
The public source identifies “Mikekado Station” as railway station in Buzen, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mikekado, Station and railway.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5360381. Authority coordinates are 33.615, 131.156. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956 and 2020.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mikekado Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.