is a train 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...

 in Hama Town, Kashima City

Kashima, Saga

is a city located in the southern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan.-Geography:Kashima is located about 60 kilometers southwest of Saga City. It borders the Ariake Sea to the east and Nagasaki Prefecture to the southwest...

, Saga Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

is located in the northwest part of the island of Kyūshū, Japan. It touches both the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. The western part of the prefecture is a region famous for producing ceramics and porcelain, particularly the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita...

, 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...

. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. It is the closest station to the Yūtoku Inari Shrine

Yutoku Inari Shrine

is a shrine located in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture. It is one of the most famous Inari shrines in Japan.- History :Dedicated to Inari, the wily fox kami, it is the third largest of its kind in Japan. It was constructed in 1688 as the family shrine of the Nabeshima clan who ruled what would become...

, Japan's third biggest Inari

Inari (mythology)

is the Japanese kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry and worldly success and one of the principal kami of Shinto. Represented as male, female, or androgynous, Inari is sometimes seen as a collective of three or five individual kami...

 shrine.

Layout

It is an above ground station with two tracks and two side platforms

Railway platform

A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms...

. It has neither a MARS

MARS (ticket reservation system)

, which stands for MAgnetic electronic seat Reservation System or, more recently, Multi Access seat Reservation System, is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of Japan Railways Group and travel agencies in Japan.The host of the system is located in Kokubunji, Tokyo and...

 terminal nor a POS

Point of sale

Point of sale or checkout is the location where a transaction occurs...

 from which tickets may be sold.

Adjacent stations

JR Kyushu

Nagasaki Main Line

Hizen-Kashima

Hizen-Kashima Station

is a train station in Kashima, Saga Prefecture. It is operated by JR Kyushu on the Nagasaki Main Line. Because this station is the closest limited express station to the Yūtoku Inari Shrine, there are many people around during the Japanese New Year....

 - Hizen-Hama - Hizen-Nanaura

Hizen-Nanaura Station

is a train station in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.-Layout:It is an above ground station with two tracks and two side platforms.-Environs:*Kashima Roadside Station...

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