is a JR West

West Japan Railway Company

, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

 Geibi Line

Geibi Line

The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in the mountainous area of the Chūgoku region. It begins at Bitchū Kōjiro Station on the west side of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, connecting through Miyoshi Station in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and terminating at Hiroshima Station...

 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 Kōo, Saijō-chō, Shōbara

Shobara, Hiroshima

is a city located in northeastern corner of Hiroshima, Japan. The city was founded on March 31, 1954.On March 31, 2005 the towns of Hiwa, Kuchiwa, Saijō, Takano, and Tōjō, all from Hiba District , and the town of Sōryō, from Kōnu District , were merged into the expanded city of Shōbara.The entire...

, Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...

, 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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History

• 1936-11-21: Dōgoyama Station opens
• 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Dōgoyama Station becomes a JR West station

Station building and platform

Dōgoyama Station features one platform. Two platforms used to be in operation, handling two lines, but after one of the lines ceased operation, the second platform stopped being used.

Environs

There are three ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

s accessible from this station (distance from station in parentheses). The resorts have activities available year round:

• Takaohara Ski Resort (0.7km)
• Snow Resort Nekoyama (6.2km)
• Dōgoyama Takahara Ski Resort (7.0km)

There are also a number of other resort areas in addition to the ski resorts above, including:

• Kurokan Park (6.1km)
• Suzuran no Yu (onsen
  Onsen
  An is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth...
  
  , 6.0km)

Highway access

• Japan National Route 314
  Route 314 (Japan)
  National Route 314 is a national highway of Japan connecting Fukuyama, Hiroshima and Unnan, Shimane in Japan, with a total length of 142.4 km ....
  
  
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 235 (Dōgoyama Teishajō Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 444 (Yuki Onuka Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 446 (Ueki Misaka Route)

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines.
Geibi Line

Onuka Station

Onuka Station

is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Onuka, Tōjō-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Onuka Station is a kantaku station.-History:...

 — Dōgoyama Station — Bingo Ochiai Station

Bingo Ochiai Station

is a JR West Geibi and Kisuki Line station located in Hattori , Saijō-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The Miyoshi Liner express service from Hiroshima Station terminates at this station, though it is a local train between Miyoshi Station and Bingo Ochiai.Bingo Ochiai was previously a...

External links

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