Ikutora Station
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is a railway station on the Nemuro Main Line
of JR Hokkaido located in Minamifurano, Hokkaidō
, Japan
. The station opened on December 6, 1902.
The station was used as fictional Horomai Station (幌舞駅) in Yasuo Furuhata
's 1999 film Poppoya. The station building still hangs out a signboard of Horomai, not Ikutora, over the front entrance.
Nemuro Main Line
is a railway line in Hokkaidō operated by JR Hokkaidō, between Takikawa Station, Takikawa City and Nemuro Station, Nemuro City, running througheastern Hokkaidō including Obihiro and Kushiro.- Basic Data :*Operators, distances...
of JR Hokkaido located in Minamifurano, Hokkaidō
Minamifurano, Hokkaido
is a town located in Sorachi District, Kamikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2007, the town has an estimated population of 2,896 and a density of 4.62 persons per km². The total area is 665.52 km².-External links:* in Japanese...
, 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...
. The station opened on December 6, 1902.
The station was used as fictional Horomai Station (幌舞駅) in Yasuo Furuhata
Yasuo Furuhata
Yasuo Furuhata is a Japanese film director. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for Poppoya.-Filmography:* Eki * Izakaya Chōji...
's 1999 film Poppoya. The station building still hangs out a signboard of Horomai, not Ikutora, over the front entrance.