Iwafune Station

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Iwafune Station (岩舟駅, Iwafune-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Iwafune Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located 19.3 km from the terminus of the line at Oyama Station. Iwafune Station has a single island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended. Iwafune Station was opened on 10 October 1889 as Iwafune Station (岩船駅, Iwafune-eki). It was renamed to its present kanji spelling on 1 March 1902. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The current station structure was built in 1936 as a half-timbered building with a characteristic foundation made of regional "Iwafune stone". Originally it had a station master as depicted in the anime film listed below, and a lockable waiting room. As part of a renovation and simultaneous modernization, the part of the station master's accommodation was demolished by JR East in 2006 and the rest of the building was converted into an open waiting hall.