Yokobori Station

Yokobori Station
横堀駅
Yokobori Station
Location 127-2, Ono Aza Nishisakai, Yuzawa, Akita
（秋田県湯沢市小野字西堺127-2）
Japan
Coordinates 39°3′52.5″N 140°27′5.4″E / 39.064583°N 140.451500°E / 39.064583; 140.451500Coordinates: 39°3′52.5″N 140°27′5.4″E / 39.064583°N 140.451500°E / 39.064583; 140.451500
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.

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