is a railway station on the San'yō Main Line

San'yō Main Line

The is the JR main railway line in western Japan, connecting Kobe Station and Moji Station, largely running parallel the coast of the Inland Sea, in other words the southern edge of western Honshu. The Sanyō Shinkansen line runs largely parallel to its route since 1972...

, operated by West Japan Railway Company

West Japan Railway Company

, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits....

, 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...

. Kyushu Railway Company

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 Japan Freight Railway Company

Japan Freight Railway Company

, or , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It provides transportation of cargo nationwide. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station....

 also use this station.
The company boundary between JR West and JR Kyūshū is at the west end of this station where there is an entrance signal from Moji

Moji

Moji may refer to:* Hyōon moji or onji, phonic characters used in counting beats in Japanese poetry* Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japanese ward or district* ...Moji, musical album...

 .

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • San'yō Main Line (for Hatabu, Shin-shimonoseki)
  • San'in Main Line

Next station Hatabu is the terminal station of San'in Line. Every train runs to Shimonoseki through Sanyō Main Line.

• Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyūshū)
  • San'yō Main Line (for Moji)

History

• 27 May 1901: Opened as Bakan (馬関) Station of . Kanmon Renrakusen (関門連絡船, Shimonoseki Moji Railway Ferry) was started. The station was located about 700m east from today's location.
• 1 June 1902: Changed to Shimonoseki Station according to the change of the city name.
• 11 September 1905: San'yō Railway started Kanfu Renrakusen (関釜連絡船, Shimonoseki Pusan Railway Ferry).
• 1 December 1906: San'yō Railway was nationarized.
• 20 December 1930: Kawasaki Ship (川崎汽船) started Kanrei Renrakusen (関麗連絡船, Shimonseki Yeosu
  Yeosu
  Yeosu is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Old Yeosu City, which was founded in 1949, Yeocheon City, founded in 1986, and Yeocheon County were merged into a new city in 1998....
  
   Railway Ferry).
• 27 November 1938: Sanyō Electric Tram (山陽電気軌道) Station was open in front of the station.
• 1 July 1942: Kanmon Tunnel
  Kanmon Tunnel
  The Kanmon Railway Tunnel, Kanmon Roadway Tunnel, and Shin-Kanmon Tunnel are undersea tunnels crossing the Kanmon Straits between Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi and Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka in western Japan...
  
   (関門トンネル, Shimonoseki Moji tunnel) was opened.
• 15 November 1942: Station was moved to today's location.
• May 1945: Kanrei Renrakusen stopped.
• Jun 1945: Kanfu Renrakusen stopped.
• 25 December 1946: Tram station was moved in front of the new station.
• 31 October 1964: Kanmon Renrakusen stopped.
• 7 February 1971: Tram stopped.
• 1 April 1987: Privatization of JNR
• 29 September 1999: Shimonoseki Station massacre, at least 5 death with 10 injures.
• 7 January 2006: A main station building fire with collapsed, and a 74-years old man arrested of suspiction of arson.

Adjacent stations

West Japan Railway (JR West)

█ Sanyō Main Line

Shimonoseki - Hatabu

Hatabu Station

is a JR West railway station located in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.The station is on the Sanyō Main Line and also the terminus of the Sanin Main Line.-Adjacent stations:*Shin-Shimonoseki Station*Shimonoseki...

Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyusyu)

█ Sanyō Main Line

Moji

Moji Station

is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, operated by Kyushu Railway Company in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan....

 - Shimonoseki

Main sightseeing spots and institutions

JR Shimonoseki station and Buzenda

Buzenda

Buzenda refers to the downtown area of Shimonoseki City, Japan. It is located in the Shimonoseki Station area, and it is known as the most famous downtown in Yamaguchi Prefecture.There are an izakaya and a karaoke shop, etc...

 area

Shops

• Sea Mall Shimonoseki (largest shopping center in West Japan when it was built)
  • Shimonoseki Daimaru
    Daimaru
    is a Japanese department stores chain, principally located in the Kansai region of Japan. The chain is operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing...
    
     (department store)
  • Wedding Hall
• Buzenda
  Buzenda
  Buzenda refers to the downtown area of Shimonoseki City, Japan. It is located in the Shimonoseki Station area, and it is known as the most famous downtown in Yamaguchi Prefecture.There are an izakaya and a karaoke shop, etc...
  
   Shopping Street (the most famous downtown in Yamaguchi Prefecture)
• Green Mall shopping street (Korean Town
  Koreatown
  Koreatown is a term to describe a Korean ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area. Similar terms may include Little Seoul or Little Korea.-Beijing:There are more than 150,000 Koreans living in Beijing...
  
   http://gazone.morrie.biz/tosi/simonoseki/green_mall.html)
• Nagato Market
• Daiso
  Daiso
  is the largest franchise of 100-yen shops in Japan owned by . Daiso has a range of over 100,000 goods, of which over 40 percent are imported goods, many of them from China. Many of these are own-brand goods....
  
   (100-yen shop
  100-yen shop
  100 Yen Shops are common Japanese shops in the vein of American dollar stores. Stocking a variety of items from clothing to stationery, housewares to food, each item is priced at precisely 100 yen. A recent variation of the 100 Yen Shops are 99 Yen Shops. Daiei also operates 88 Yen stores...
  
  , Over 2,350m²)
• Deodeo
  Deodeo
  is one of the largest consumer electronics retailer chains based in Hiroshima, Japan.-Overview:The company was established in 1947 called "Daiichi Sangyo Kabushiki-gaisha" well known as "Daiichi" in Hiroshima....
  
   (electronics store)

Sightseeing

• Kaikyo Yume Tower
  Kaikyo Yume Tower
  The dominates the city of Shimonoseki and is the tallest tower in western Japan. Standing 153 metres tall, it was opened in July 1996. It forms a part of the Kaikyō Messe Shimonoseki building, which houses a conference centre and corporate offices....
  
   (Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki)
• Hiyoriyama Park

Hotels

• Shimonoseki Tokyu Inn
• VIA INN Shimonoseki
• Shimonoseki Eki-nishi Washington Hotel Plaza
• Toyoko Inn Shimonoseki-eki Higashi-guchi
• Shimonoseki Station Hotel
• Green Hotel Shimonoseki
• Hotel Wing International Shimonoseki
• HOTEL38th Shimonoseki
• Prince Hotel Shimonoseki

Amusement

• Shimonoseki Royal Bowl (bowling alley)
• ROUND ONE Shimonoseki (karaoke, bowling alley, and video arcade)
• Shimonoseki Citizen hall

Others

• Shimonoseki Port (Foreign Access Zone)
• Shimonoseki Port International Terminal
• Shimonoseki Fishing Port
• Yamaguchi Bank Co., Ltd. (head office)
• Hayashikane Sangyo Co., Ltd. (main office)

Karato

Karato

is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. It is known as the most famous sightseeing spot in Yamaguchi Prefecture.- Main sightseeing spots and institutions :Shops* SunLive Karato * Karato shopping street...

 

Shops

• SunLive Karato(Shopping center)
• Karato shopping street
• Kamon Wharf (fresh fish shop and restaurant, etc.)

Sightseeing

• Kaikyokan (Aquarium)
• Mt. Hinoyama (268.2m)
• Karato Market (Fresh fish shop etc.)
• Former British Consulate (built in 1906)
• Former Akita Company Building (built in 1915)
• Nabe-cho Post Office (built in 1900)
• Akama Shrine
  Akama Shrine
  ' is a Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to Antoku, a Japanese emperor who died young in the Battle of Dan-no-Ura , which occurred nearby in 1185...
  
  (built in 1191)
• Kameyama Hachimangu Shrine
  Shrine
  A shrine is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped. Shrines often contain idols, relics, or other such objects associated with the figure being venerated....
  
   (built in 859)
• Kanmon Straits
  Kanmon Straits
  The Kanmon Straits or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the water is Shimonoseki and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyūshū, whose former city and present ward, Moji , gave the strait its "mon"...
  
   (Kanmonkyo Bridge
  Kanmonkyo Bridge
  The Kanmonkyo Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands...
  
  )
• Dan-no-ura (Battle of Dan-no-ura
  Battle of Dan-no-ura
  The ' was a major sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait off the southern tip of Honshū. On March 24, 1185, the Genji clan fleet, led by Minamoto no Yoshitsune, defeated the Heike clan fleet, during a half-day engagement.The Taira were outnumbered, but...
  
  )

Hotels

• Shimonoseki Grand Hotel
• Karato Central Hotel
• Kaikyo View Shimonoseki
• Shunpanro
• Tokyo Dai-ichi Hotel Shimonoseki
• Shimonoseki City Hinoyama Youth Hostel

Others

• Shimonoseki City Hall
• Arcaport development area

Ferries from Shimonoseki Port International Terminal

• The Kanpu ferry to Busan
  Busan
  Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
  
   in South Korea
  South Korea
  The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
  
   regularly.
• The Orient ferry to Qingdao
  Qingdao
  ' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the...
  
   in China
  China
  Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
  
   regularly.
• The Orient ferry to Shanghai
  Shanghai
  Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
  
   in China
  China
  Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
  
   regularly.

Bus

• Bus company (A loop-line bus in the city.) : Sanden Kohtsu Co.,Ltd.
  • Shimonoseki Station Bus Terminal : Intercity bus services (arrival and departure at Shimonoseki Station Bus Terminal) go to the following destinations: Osaka, Kobe, Fukuoka, Kitakyushu Airport, etc.

Ekiben

Ekiben

are a specific type of bento boxed meals, sold on trains and train stations in Japan. Today, many types of ekiben can still be purchased; at stands in the station, on the platform, or on the train itself. They come with disposable chopsticks or a spoon. Ekiben containers can be made from plastic,...

• Fuku Meshi ふくめし
• Fuku Sushi ふく寿司
• Delax Fuku Sushi デラックスふく寿司
• Soboro Bentou Fuku Kitaru そぼろ弁当 幸福来る
• Dannoura Bentou 壇ノ浦弁当
• Hayatomono Shiki (reservation is required) 早鞆の四季（要予約）
• Makunouchi Bentou 幕の内弁当
• Cyoushu Five 長州ファイブ
• Misuzu Shiosai Bentou みすゞ潮彩弁当