Kodomonokuni Station (Miyazaki)

Kodomonokuni Station (子供の国駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.

Lines
The station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 11.4 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.

Layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. The station building, a modern concrete structure, is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room.

History
The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 22 October 1923 with the name Aoshima Onsen (青島温泉) as an additional station on a line which it had laid in 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). On 21 March 1939, the station was renamed Kodomonokuni. The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Kodomonokuni as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. Baggage handling was discontinued in 1971, after which the station became unattended. The route was renamed the Nichinan Line on the same day. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 39 passengers (boarding only) per day.

Surrounding area

 * Kodomonokuni Amusement Park
 * Aoshima Onsen