was a railway station on the Kashima Railway Line in Hokota, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the Kashima Railway operator Kashima Railway. And, now, this station is used as a bus terminal by Kantetsu Green Bus.
In 2000, the station was selected asãÂÂé¢æ±ã®駠ç¾é¸ãÂÂby Ministry of Transport (Japan)ï¼ÂMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourismï¼Â. But the station was abolished in 2007 because of abolition of Kashima Railway, and at present there is a platform which was used on the station.
Since the station was discontinued, a bus terminal which was located in front of the station has been used by Kantetsu Green Bus. But, the bus terminal has called Hokota Station since Kashima Railway was open to traffic.
This station was a ground station. And, decorated a triangle of objet d'art on the roof. There were a stand-up soba noodle shop and a sold fish-shaped pancake filled with sweet bean paste shop that were operated by Kashima Railway.
As the station was selectedãÂÂé¢æ±ã®駠100é¸ãÂÂ, there was a plan of keeping the station building, but the station building was demolished since the station building was a rather decrepit old facility. Volunteers have established "é¾ç°駠ä¿ÂÃ¥ÂÂä¼Â" since 1 February 2008 and they tenanted the former site of the station and have purchased two vehicles of Kashima Railway from Kanto Railway. So, they operated and showed the vehicles once a month. But, they expired with Kanto Railway, so they moved the vehicles from this station to Hotpark Hokotaï¼Âa facility for bathingï¼ in 2009. And, they have donated the vehicles to Hokota, Ibaraki, but the vehicles have been maintained. A shop for sold fish-shaped pancake filled with sweet bean paste had been moved to the bus terminal. But, in 2011, the platform has been damaged due to Great East Japan Earthquake and the platform wasn't repaired, and the shop was closed and removed on August in the year.