Kami-Arita Station
Encyclopedia
is a train station
in Nakataru 1-chōme, Arita Town
, Saga Prefecture
, Japan
. It is operated by JR Kyushu
and is on the Sasebo Line
.
An employee is dispatched by the limit from Arita Station all over Arita Tōkiichi held period (in Golden Week), and some limited express Midori and Huis Ten Bosch trains stopping at this station every year.
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Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Nakataru 1-chōme, Arita Town
Arita, Saga
is a town located in Nishimatsuura District, Saga, Japan. It is known for producing Arita porcelain, one of the traditional handicrafts of Japan. It also holds the largest ceramic fair in Western Japan, the Arita Ceramic Fair...
, Saga Prefecture
Saga Prefecture
is located in the northwest part of the island of Kyūshū, Japan. It touches both the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. The western part of the prefecture is a region famous for producing ceramics and porcelain, particularly the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is operated by JR Kyushu
Kyushu Railway Company
The , also referred to as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It operates intercity rail services in Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.When Japan Railways was divided in...
and is on the Sasebo Line
Sasebo Line
The is a railway line in Japan running from Hizen-Yamaguchi Station in Kōhoku, Saga Prefecture to Sasebo Station in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is part of the route connecting Sasebo with Saga and Fukuoka...
.
An employee is dispatched by the limit from Arita Station all over Arita Tōkiichi held period (in Golden Week), and some limited express Midori and Huis Ten Bosch trains stopping at this station every year.
History
- 1 October 1898 - Opened as .
- 1 May 1909 - Passenger service started and renamed to present name.
- 1 April 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu.
Adjacent stations
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