Wajiki Station

Wajiki Station (和食駅) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Geisei, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN31".

Lines
The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 18.2 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen. All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.

Layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room has been set up at the base of the embankment together with parking lots and a bike shed. Access to the platforms is by two separate flights of steps.

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 Wajiki Station is a kappa named Wajiki Kappa-kun (わじき カッパ君). The design is chosen because local folklore refers to kappa, a river Yōkai (imp or demon), inhabits the nearby Wajiki river.

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 223 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * Japan National Route 55