Abukuma Station
Encyclopedia
is an Abukuma Express Line
railway station
located in Marumori
, Miyagi Prefecture
, Japan
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The name of the station was taken from the Abukuma River
. There are no villages or houses around the station. The station building sells tickets for the adjacent Abukuma Line's riverport, from where tourist ships depart between April and November.
Abukuma Express Line
The is a railway line in Japan. It is owned and operated by AbukumaExpress. The line transits from Fukushima Station in Fukushima Prefecture to Tsukinoki Station in Miyagi Prefecture. Both of these stations are also on the Tōhoku Main Line.-Station list:...
railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in Marumori
Marumori, Miyagi
is a town located in Igu District, Miyagi, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 17,139 and a population density of 62.70 persons per km². The total area is 273.34 km². Marumori means "circle forest" in Japanese and the town is made up of farmland surrounded by a circular...
, Miyagi Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Abukuma River
The , with a length of 234 km, is the second longest river in the Tōhoku region of Japan and the 6th longest river in Japan. It runs through Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture, rising from springs in the peaks of the Nasu Mountains, collecting water from tributaries leaving the Ōu Mountains...
. There are no villages or houses around the station. The station building sells tickets for the adjacent Abukuma Line's riverport, from where tourist ships depart between April and November.