Oku-nakayama kōgen Station

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Oku-nakayama kōgen Station

奥中山高原駅

Oku-nakayama kōgen Station, October 2007

General information

Location

76-3 Nakayama Otsuka, Ichinohe-machi, Ninohe-gun, Iwate-ken 028-5133
Japan

Coordinates

40°03′58″N 141°13′43″E / 40.066155°N 141.228514°E

Operated by

Iwate Galaxy Railway Company

Line(s)

■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line

Distance

44.4 km from Morioka

Platforms

1 island + 1 side platform

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At grade

Other information

Status

Staffed

Website

Official website

History

Opened

1 September 1891

Previous names

Nakayama (until 1915)
Okunakayama (until 2002)

Passengers

FY2015

355 daily

Location
Oku-nakayama kōgen Station Location within Japan

Oku-nakayama kōgen Station (奥中山高原駅, Oku-nakayama kōgen-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the town of Ichinohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Lines

Oku-nakayama kōgen Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 44.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Morioka Station and 579.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Oku-nakayama kōgen Station has an island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Iwate-Numakunai and Morioka
2	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	(passing loop)
3	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Ninohe and Hachinohe

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Midō		-	Kotsunagi

History

The station opened on 1 September 1891 as Nakayama Station (中山駅).^[1] It was renamed Okunakayama Station (奥中山駅) on 11 September 1915.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987^[1] and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002. It was renamed Oku-nakayama kōgen Station at the same time.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 355 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area

Okunakayama Post Office

Climate

Climate data for Oku-nakayama (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	10.8 (51.4)	11.2 (52.2)	17.9 (64.2)	26.5 (79.7)	31.1 (88.0)	30.8 (87.4)	33.4 (92.1)	33.5 (92.3)	30.9 (87.6)	26.6 (79.9)	19.4 (66.9)	15.1 (59.2)	33.5 (92.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−1.0 (30.2)	0.1 (32.2)	4.1 (39.4)	11.8 (53.2)	18.0 (64.4)	21.5 (70.7)	24.5 (76.1)	25.6 (78.1)	21.6 (70.9)	15.4 (59.7)	8.3 (46.9)	1.6 (34.9)	12.6 (54.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−4.5 (23.9)	−3.9 (25.0)	−0.3 (31.5)	6.0 (42.8)	12.1 (53.8)	16.1 (61.0)	19.9 (67.8)	20.9 (69.6)	16.7 (62.1)	10.1 (50.2)	3.8 (38.8)	−1.9 (28.6)	7.9 (46.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−9.6 (14.7)	−9.2 (15.4)	−5.5 (22.1)	0.3 (32.5)	6.1 (43.0)	11.3 (52.3)	16.2 (61.2)	17.1 (62.8)	12.3 (54.1)	4.9 (40.8)	−1.0 (30.2)	−6.1 (21.0)	3.1 (37.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−20.7 (−5.3)	−21.5 (−6.7)	−20.1 (−4.2)	−13.2 (8.2)	−4.2 (24.4)	−0.2 (31.6)	6.3 (43.3)	6.0 (42.8)	−0.8 (30.6)	−4.5 (23.9)	−13.1 (8.4)	−18.2 (−0.8)	−21.5 (−6.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	51.1 (2.01)	44.6 (1.76)	63.2 (2.49)	66.0 (2.60)	83.7 (3.30)	105.2 (4.14)	182.6 (7.19)	179.0 (7.05)	155.4 (6.12)	117.4 (4.62)	84.2 (3.31)	77.0 (3.03)	1,203 (47.36)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	156 (61)	134 (53)	112 (44)	16 (6.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	24 (9.4)	133 (52)	571 (225)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	13.1	12.2	12.4	11.1	10.9	10.5	12.6	12.7	12.5	12.6	14.0	14.6	148.0
Average snowy days	18.6	16.0	13.1	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	14.3	67.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	69.0	83.5	129.4	169.8	189.4	157.1	127.8	142.7	130.1	137.7	106.7	69.9	1,516.2
Source 1: JMA^[3]
Source 2: JMA^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 414. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 平成27年度駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
^ 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved February 19, 2022.

External links

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Official website (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line
Morioka Aoyama Kuriyagawa Sugo Takizawa Shibutami Kōma Iwate-Kawaguchi Iwate-Numakunai Midō Okunakayama-Kōgen Kotsunagi Kozuya Ichinohe Ninohe Tomai Kintaichi-Onsen Metoki

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Lines

Station layout

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

Climate

See also

References

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