Aozasa Station

Aozasa Station (青笹駅) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Aozasa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line; it is located 50.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout
The station has one side platform, serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but there is a brick weather shelter, located across the road parallel to the platform. The station is unattended.

History
Aozasa Station opened on 1 September 1915 on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), a light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅). The line was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

 * Aozasa Post Office