is a train station in Kanzaki Town, Kanzaki City

Kanzaki, Saga

is a city located in Saga Prefecture, Japan. The city was created on March 20, 2006 by the merger of the towns of Kanzaki and Chiyoda, and the village of Sefuri, all from Kanzaki District...

, 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.

Layout

It is an above ground station with 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...

 and three tracks. The station itself is in a bridge which is meant to resemble a Yayoi period

Yayoi period

The is an Iron Age era in the history of Japan traditionally dated 300 BC to 300 AD. It is named after the neighbourhood of Tokyo where archaeologists first uncovered artifacts and features from that era. Distinguishing characteristics of the Yayoi period include the appearance of new...

 raised-floor style storehouse. It does not have 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, but it does have a POS system from which tickets may be sold.

Environs

• Kanzaki
  Kanzaki, Saga
  is a city located in Saga Prefecture, Japan. The city was created on March 20, 2006 by the merger of the towns of Kanzaki and Chiyoda, and the village of Sefuri, all from Kanzaki District...
  
   City Hall
• Saga Prefectural
  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...
  
   Kanzaki High School
• National Route 34
• Kanzaki Junior High School
• Yoshinogari Ruins
  Yoshinogari site
  Yoshinogari is the name of a large and complex Yayoi archaeological site in Yoshinogari and Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. According to the Yayoi chronology established by pottery seriations in the 20th century, Yoshinogari dates to between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD...
  
  
• Kanzaki Onsen

History

• August 20, 1891 - Opening as Kanzaki Station under the control of Kyushu Railroad
• July 1, 1907 - Kyushu Railroad nationalizes and the station falls under the control of the Japanese Government Railways
  Japanese Government Railways
  The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
  
  
• May 1, 1945 - Station is renamed Hizen-Kanzaki Station
• April 10, 1956 - Renamed again, back to Kanzaki Station, this time with slightly different kanji
  Kanji
  Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
  
  
• June 6, 1976 - Track from Tosu to Hizen-Koga to Nagasaki is electrified
• April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu and JR Freight
• May 22, 1997 - Usage as a freight station is discontinued

Adjacent stations

External links

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