Omi-Takashima Station - Takashima

Omi-Takashima Station is a station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kosei Line, located in Katsuno, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture. The station number is JR-B17. history Takashimacho Station existed at the location of this station on the Ewaka Railway, which ran nearby until 1969, before the opening of the Kosei Line. chronology July 20, 1974 (Showa 49) --Yamashina Station on the Kosei Line of the Japanese National Railways --Opened at the same time as the opening of the entire line between Omi-Shiotsu Station. April 1, 1987-Becomes a station of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) due to the privatization of JNR. [1] 1992 (1992) --The Gulliver statue is installed at the east exit. October 21, 2006-IC card "ICOCA" can be used. Corresponds with a simple ticket gate dedicated to IC cards. July 1, 2009-Urban Network Common to all stations, this station is completely non-smoking throughout the day. March 12, 2011 --With the revision of the timetable, high-speed trains will stop. March 17, 2018-Station numbering has been introduced and started to be used. Station structure It is an elevated station with two side platforms and two lines. Since it does not have a turnout or an absolute signal, it is classified as a bus stop. It is a business consignment station managed by Katata Station and entrusted with station operations by JR West Koutsu Service, but it will be unmanned early in the morning and at night. Although it is a station where ICOCA can be used (see the section on ICOCA for interoperable IC cards), there is no automatic ticket gate, and when using an IC card, a dedicated card reader provided at the ticket gate is used. Diamond During the daytime hours, two trains stop every hour, one of which is Special Rapid Service. All new rapids and rapids will stop. Limited express stops are not set. Around the station Takashima City Hall Takashima Branch Takashima Municipal Hospital Takashima City Takashima Junior High School Takashima City Takashima Elementary School Kamo Inariyama Ancient Tomb Shirahige Shrine (Headquarters) Mio Shrine National highway No. 161 others There is an oversized statue of Gulliver about 10 meters in front of the station, and it is a scene where Gulliver captures the fleet of the enemy country. This is because there is a campsite for "Gulliver Travel Village" in Takashima City. Next station West Japan Railway Company B Kosei Line ■ Special Rapid Service ・ ■ Rapid Service ・ ■ Normal Kitakomatsu Station (JR-B18) --Omi Takashima Station (JR-B17) --Adogawa Station (JR-B16)

You can easily get there by taking JR from Kyoto Station, and then you can go to Shirahige Shrine to see Torii in the lake. After leaving the station, after passing through a farmland and crossing the Yishui Bridge, there is a tunnel that can lead to a lakeside walkway of Biwa Lake. You can walk to a camp all the way, and then you must walk along the roadside to reach it. / Shirahige Shrine.

There is a giant Gulliver in the station square. I don't really understand the purpose, but ...

It is one of the tourist counters in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture, and is the southernmost station in Takashima City. The number of trains is about 2 per hour, and the station staff will disappear at 18:00. There is no coin locker. Rental bicycles from the Takashima City Tourism Association are available until 13:00. The tourist association of the main store has been renting bicycles for a longer time, but it is located at Shin-Asahi Station. It is 500 yen a day. It's easier to borrow. ⚫ Shirahige Shrine can be reached from this station, but be careful of the road. Is this the biggest difficulty for Biwaichi? Omizo Castle Ruins Otomega Pond is a must-see The castle townscape of the branch clan remains slightly. Needless to say, there are few shops on the shore of Lake Biwa, so it is safe to buy at Lawson in front of the station.