Awazu Station - Otsu

You can walk to Ishiyama station

There are no ancillary facilities such as toilets

It is an unmanned station. Only the home for Hama Otsu has an entrance. If going to Ishiyamadera, please cross the small level crossing in the station.

It is a station mainly used by residents in the vicinity ☺️ There are almost no tourist attractions around the station and it is a normal residential area. A short walk will take you to the national highway and lakeside road, but there is no place to get off at this station at all ? The station staff are usually unattended and unattended.

A station that crosses the Tokaido Line and heads toward Lake Biwa. The distance between stations is not so long, and I feel that it complements the Tokaido Line.

Awazu Station is a station on the Ishiyama Sakamoto Line of the Keihan Electric Railway, located in Beppo 1-chome, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The station number is OT04. Although the station name is "Awazu", the nearest station to Awazu-cho, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture is not this station, but Keihan-Ishiyama Station, which is one station closer to Ishiyamadera Station. history From the end of the Pacific War to just after the end of the war, freight transportation was carried out to transport human waste from Kyoto city to this station (see transportation of excrement by rail). May 1, 1913 (Taisho 2) --Otsu Train Track Zeze (currently Zeze Honmachi) --Opened as Beppo Station at the same time as the opening of Beppo. Initially, it was the terminal station near the current Kawaragahama station. 1914 (Taisho 3) January 12-The line extends from this station to Ishiyama station square (currently Keihan Ishiyama). It becomes a station on the way. January 17, 1914 (Taisho 3) --Relocated to the current location. At the same time, the name was changed to Awazu Station. 1927 (Showa 2) January 21-Biwako Railway Kisen station due to company merger. April 11, 1929-Became a station on the Ishiyama Sakamoto Line of the Keihan Electric Railway due to the merger of the companies. 1943 (Showa 18) October 1-Becomes a station of Keihanshin Express Railway (currently Hankyu Railway) due to the merger of the companies. 1949 (Showa 24) December 1-Keihan Electric Railway station again due to company separation. Station structure An above-ground station with a relative 2-sided 2-line platform. The station building (ticket gate) is located near Biwakohama Otsu on the platform for Sakamoto Hiei Yamaguchi, and the platform for Ishiyamadera on the other side is connected by a railroad crossing on the premises. At the ticket gate, there is a window and an automatic ticket gate (for IC cards such as PiTaPa, without flaps). Previously, station staff were assigned except in the early morning and at night, but from around March 2016, they have been completely unmanned except on the day of the survey. Usage situation 1st: 699 people (2012) Around the station Nippon Electric Glass Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Shiga Factory (formerly Renesas Kansai Semiconductor) Otsu City Awazu Junior High School Next station Keihan Electric Railway ▼ Ishiyama Sakamoto Line Keihan Ishiyama Station (OT03) --Awazu Station (OT04) --Kawaragahama Station (OT05)