Rikuzen-Otsuka Station
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is a JR East
railway station
located in Higashi-Matsushima
, Miyagi
, Japan
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East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
railway station
Train station
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located in Higashi-Matsushima
Higashimatsushima, Miyagi
is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.It was created on April 1, 2005, when the towns of Naruse and Yamoto, both formally of Monou District, merged to form the new city....
, Miyagi
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...
, Japan
Japan
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History
- April 10, 1928: Station begins operation as Ōtsuka Station.
- December 1, 1931: Station is moved to its present location.
- May 1, 1944: Station is renamed Rikuzen-Ōtsuka Station.