Shinainuma Station
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Shinainuma Station is a railway station located on the JR Tōhoku Main Line in Matsushima
, Miyagi
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Matsushima, Miyagi
is a town located in Miyagi District, Miyagi, Japan. It is most famous as the location of Matsushima Bay, one of the Three Views of Japan, and is also the site of the Zuigan-ji, one of the most famous Zen temples in Tōhoku, Entsū-in and Kanrantei....
, Miyagi
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...
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Tōhoku Main Line
Surrounding area
There is a small business area to the west of the station that has existed for a long time. To the east lie rice paddies, and a forested hill is to the south.- Shinainuma Post Office
- Matsushima Fifth Elementary School
History
- December 26, 1932: Station begins operation.
- November 15, 1944: Sea Line Route opens from Rikuzen-San'nō Station to Shinainuma Station.
- April 20, 1962: Mountain Line Route between Old Matsushima Station and Shinainuma Station abolished. Track improvements were selected to take place on the Sea Line Route, a less steep route between Iwakiri Station and Shinainuma Station. The northern part of the old route, called the Mountain Line Route was abolished north of Rifu.
- October, 1984: Station converted to an unmanned 'ghost' station.