Shibukawa Station is a JR East train station

Train station

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 located in central Shibukawa City, Gunma

Gunma Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...

, Japan

Japan

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. One can get on the Joetsu Line

Joetsu Line

The is a major rail line in Japan. Part of the JR East system, it runs from Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, to Miyauchi Station in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, linking the northwestern Kantō region and the Sea of Japan coast of the Chūbu region...

 or the Agatsuma Line

Agatsuma Line

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 from this station, which stretches roughly north to south.

The station opened on July 1, 1921.

The station building

The entrance to Shibukawa Station is situated on the west side. Access from the east side is obtained via a footbridge

Footbridge

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 at the north end of the station. In addition to the main station office and the stationmaster's office, there is a View Plaza office at which travel information and advice can be obtained.

Platform information

• Platform 1: Trains bound in the direction of Minakami
  Minakami, Gunma
  is a town located in Tone District, Gunma, Japan. It is the largest and northernmost town in the prefecture.The town was created on October 1, 2005, when the old Minakami merged with the town of Tsukiyono, and the village of Niiharu, all from Tone District....
  
  , Niigata
  Niigata, Niigata
  is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island....
  
  , and Naganohara
  Naganohara, Gunma
  is a town located in Agatsuma District, Gunma, Japan.As of September 1, 2007, the town has an estimated population of 6,361 and a density of 47.50 persons per km². The total area is 133.93 km².-Geography:...
  
   leave from platform 1. This is a side platform.
• Platforms 2 and 3: Trains bound in the direction of Takasaki
  Takasaki, Gunma
  is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1900.Takasaki is a regional transportation hub because its train station is the junction of several rail lines as well as a Shinkansen stop....
  
   and Tokyo leave from platforms 2 and 3. These form an island platform.

The platforms are connected by a pedestrian underpass

Subway (underpass)

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).

Outside the station building

From the bus terminal, local buses leave bound for Takasaki Station

Takasaki Station

is a train station located in Yashimachō, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture Japan. This station is used by East Japan Railway , Japan Freight Railway and Jōshin Dentetsu.-Lines:*East Japan Railway Company **Jōetsu Shinkansen...

, Maebashi Station

Maebashi Station

is a railway station on the Ryōmō Line of East Japan Railway Company located in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.It is one of two main railway stations of Maebashi; the other is Chūō Maebashi Station of the Jōmō Electric Railway.- History :...

, Ikaho, Nakanojō Station

Nakanojō Station

is a train station in Nakanojō, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...

, Numata

Numata, Gunma

is a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is in northern Gunma, bordered by Mt. Akagi and Mt. Hotaka. The kanji for Numata approximately mean "boggy field."...

 direction, and other destinations. Long distance buses leave for Tokyo, Osaka, and other destinations. A taxi stand is located straight out from the main door of the station. In the center of the sidewalk portion of the rotary is a large map of Japan; there is a sculpture in the center of the map, at the point where Shibukawa

Shibukawa, Gunma

is a city located in the extreme northwest of the Kantō Plain, in the center of landlocked Gunma, Japan. Encompassing the juncture of the Tone River and Agatsuma River, it is about 120km from Tokyo...

 (the geographical center of Japan) is located.

Neighborhood

As one exits the station, the street that heads to the northwest (called Eki-mae Dori) is a shopping district with small shops and boutiques. The department store Saty is nearby to the west. The road Shiakusho Dori heads straight westward from the station toward Ikaho

Ikaho, Gunma

Ikaho was a town located in Kitagunma District, Gunma, Japan.On February 20, 2006 Ikaho, along with the villages of Komochi and Onogami, all from Kitagunma District, and the villages of Akagi and Kitatachibana, both from Seta District, was merged into the expanded city of Shibukawa.As of 2003, the...

. To the south of the bus terminal is a koban (Japanese police box)

Koban (police box)

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. Behind that is the Excel Inn. The neighborhood also has several restaurants/eateries.

Adjacent stations

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External links

• Shibukawa Station official website in Japanese.