Komyoike Station
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is a train station on the Semboku Rapid Railway
Semboku Rapid Railway
is the railroad route of the Osaka Prefectural Urban Development as a means of transportation for Senboku New Town, and connects Izumi-Chūō Station with Nakamozu Station, with through operations to Nankai Electric Railway's Kōya Line up to Namba Station of southern downtown Osaka.-Operation:Along...

 located in Minami-ku
Minami-ku, Sakai
is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 40.44 km² and a population of 155,266. The population density is 3,839 per square kilometer. The name means "South Ward."...

, Sakai
Sakai, Osaka
is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of the town of Mihara, from Minamikawachi District, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in...

, Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

, 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...

. Nearby are Semboku Memorial Hall, Mitami Shrine
Mitami Shrine
Mitami Shrine Mitami-jinja 美多彌神社 is a Shinto shrine in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is located in Senboku New Town near Komyoike Station. It is accessible on the Nankai bus line or the Semboku Rapid Railway. Mitami-jinja is mentioned in the Heian period chronicle Engishiki compiled in the...

, Spa Refre, a bookstore, Kamotani Park, Mikita Middle School, Mikita High School, department stores, and residential areas. It is named for Komyoike Pond, an artificial lake that dates from 1936 and is itself named for Empress Komyo
Empress Komyo
was the Nara period consort of Japanese Emperor Shōmu .A member of the Fujiwara clan, her father was Fujiwara no Fuhito and her mother was Agata Inukai no Michiyo . During her life she was also known as Asukabehime 安宿媛, Kōmyōshi 光明子, and Tōsanjō 藤三娘...

. A small monument at the lake commemorates the work of the Korean laborers who constructed it.

Layout

  • There is an island platform with two tracks between Osaka Prefectural Route 38.

Stations next to Kōmyōike

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