Sakai Line
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is a railway line of West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

 between Yonago
Yonago, Tottori
is a city located in the northwest of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture....

 and Sakaiminato
Sakaiminato, Tottori
is a city in the northern Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At the northern end of Yumigahama Peninsula, it faces the Sea of Japan, another sea Nakaumi and Sakai channel.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 35,710 and the density of 1,240 persons per km²...

 all within Tottori Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region. The capital is the city of Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan.- History :Before the Meiji Restoration, Tottori encompassed the old provinces of Hōki and Inaba...

, 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...

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Route data

  • Company:Distance:
    • West Japan Railway Company(Category-1) :
      • Yonago — Sakaiminato (16.5 km / 11.1 mi.)
  • Gauge
    Rail gauge
    Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...

    : 1,067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
  • Stations:16
  • Double-track line: None
  • Electric supply: Yonago — Gotō (2.2 km / 1.36 mi.)
  • Signalling
    Railway signalling
    Railway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding. Being guided by fixed rails, trains are uniquely susceptible to collision; furthermore, trains cannot stop quickly, and frequently operate at speeds that do not enable them to stop...

    :Simplified automatic
    Automatic Block Signal
    Automatic Block Signaling, or ABS, is a block system that consists of a series of signals that divide a railway line into a series of blocks and then functions to control the movement of trains between them through automatic signals...


Stations

  • All stations are in Tottori Prefecture
    Tottori Prefecture
    is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region. The capital is the city of Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan.- History :Before the Meiji Restoration, Tottori encompassed the old provinces of Hōki and Inaba...

  • Nickname is the monster that appears in "GeGeGe no Kitaro".

Name Nickname Between (km) Distance (km) Rapid Connections Location
米子 Nezumi-Otoko ねずみ男駅 - 0.0 JR West: Sanin Main Line Yonago
Yonago, Tottori
is a city located in the northwest of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture....

博労町 Koro-pok-guru
Koro-pok-guru
, also written Koro-pok-kuru, korobokkuru, or koropokkur, are a race of small people in Ainu folklore. The name is traditionally analysed as a tripartite compound of kor or koro , pok , and kur or kuru and interpreted to mean "people below the leaves of the butterbur plant" in the Ainu...

コロポックル駅 1.0 1.0  
富士見町 Zashiki-warashi
Zashiki-warashi
, sometimes also called , is a Japanese yōkai, stemming from Iwate Prefecture, similar to a domovoi.The name breaks down to zashiki, a tatami floored room, and warashi, an archaic regional term for a child. The appearance of this spirit is that of a 5 or 6 year child with bobbed hair and a red face...

ざしきわらし駅 0.5 1.5  
後藤 Doro-ta-bō どろたぼう駅 0.7 2.2  
三本松口 Sodehiki-Kozō そでひき小僧駅 1.1 3.3  
河崎口 Kasabake
Kasa-obake
, or Karakasa Obake or Karakasa Kozo, are a type of Tsukumogami, a folk legend about a form of Japanese spirit that originate from objects reaching their 100th year of existence, thus becoming animate. Karakasa in particular are Spirits of Parasols that reach the century milestone...

傘化け駅 2.0 5.3  
弓ヶ浜 Azukiarai
Azukiarai
, or , is a ghostly phenomenon in Japanese folklore, in which a mysterious noise that sounds like azuki beans being washed or ground is heard. It usually occurs near a river or other body of water...

あずきあらい駅 1.9 7.2  
和田浜 Tsuchikorobi つちころび駅 2.5 9.7  
大篠津町 Sunakake Babā 砂かけばばあ駅 1.4 11.1  
米子空港 Betobeto-san べとべとさん駅 1.6 12.7   Sakaiminato
Sakaiminato, Tottori
is a city in the northern Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At the northern end of Yumigahama Peninsula, it faces the Sea of Japan, another sea Nakaumi and Sakai channel.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 35,710 and the density of 1,240 persons per km²...

中浜 Ushi-oni
Ushi-Oni
The , or gyūki, is a creature which appears in the folklore of Japan. There are various kinds of ushi-oni, all of them some sort of monster with a horned, bovine head....

牛鬼駅 0.5 13.2  
高松町 Sunekosuri すねこすり駅 1.1 14.3  
余子 Konaki-jiji こなきじじい駅 0.7 15.0  
上道 Ittan-momen
Ittan-momen
is a ghostly phenomenon from the folklore of Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan, which flies through the air at night and attacks humans, often by wrapping around their faces to smother them....

一反木綿駅 1.3 16.3  
馬場崎町 Kijimuna
Kijimuna
The Kijimuna are creatures of Japanese mythology native to the island of Okinawa. They are said to look around three or four years old and covered in red hair.- About :...

キジムナー駅 0.9 17.2  
境港 Kitaro 鬼太郎駅 0.7 17.9  
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