Tōnohama Station

Tōnohama Station (唐浜駅) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Yasuda, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN24".

Lines
The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 37.0 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen. All Asa Line trains, rapid and local, stop at the station except for those which start or end their trips at Aki.

Layout
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building but a shelter with both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. A separate waiting room, toilet and bicycle shed have been set in the station forecourt where parking for cars is available. Access to the platform is by means of a short flight of steps or a ramp.

Station mascot
Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Tōnohama Station is a figure dressed in the white pilgrim's garments and straw hat used by those on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Named Tōnohama Hen-kun (とうのはま へんろ君), the character is chosen because the station is located near the Kōnomine-ji, the 27th Buddhist temple on the pilgrim trail and many pilgrims use the station throughout the year.

History
The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from Gomen to Nahari.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 49 passengers daily.