Yokobori Station

Yokobori Station 横堀駅
File:Yokobori Station Front Entrance.JPG Yokobori Station Front Entrance
Location	127-2, Ono Aza Nishisakai, Yuzawa, Akita （秋田県湯沢市小野字西堺127-2） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line
Connections
History
Opened	1905
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	248 daily

Yokobori Station (横堀駅, Yokobori eki) is a JR East railway station located in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Yokobori Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 198.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Yokobori station has a single side platform and an island platform, connected by an overpass.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Shinjō
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Yuzawa and Akita
3	■ Ōu Main Line	for express services

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōu Main Line
Innai		Local	Mitsuseki

History

Yokobori Station opened on July 5, 1905 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

Yokobori is home to the Komachi-do temple celebrating the Heian Period poet Ono no Komachi, who died here. Every year when peonies are in full bloom lading the air with scent, normally the second Sunday of June, local people host the Komachi Matsuri. During the festival, seven "komachi musume" are reading out the waka poems, and small children parade through the area as well as a performance of Komachi taiko drums.

About 30 minutes by car southeast from Yokobori along Japan National Route 108 is the Akinomiya Hot Spring Resort area.

Gallery

• Yokobori Station Platform Sign.JPG

  Yokobori Station Platform Sign

• Yokobori Station platform view looking east.JPG

  View From Platform Looking East

• Yokobori Station view west from station platform.JPG

  View From Platform Looking West

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)