Omoshiroyama-Kōgen Station - Yamagata

仙山線の駅で、いわゆる「秘境駅」の１つにも数えられる。仙台駅から列車１本・約１時間程度で到達でき、列車本数もそれなりにあるので、訪問しやすい「秘境駅」でもある。２０１７年１月に訪問。Wikipediaによれば、普段は無人駅だが、スキーシーズンや登山シーズンには駅員が臨時で改札を行うと書いてある。が、訪問してみると、スキー場は営業していないようだったし、臨時の改札もやっておらず無人の駅でした。山の中だし、特に冬は空気も澄んでいて、寒いのさえ我慢すれば大変静かで落ち着く駅です。ホームや待合室より少し上がった場所にトイレがあり、私が訪問した１月の真冬のシーズンでもヒーターが入っていたりと維持・管理はきちんとされているようで、冬山トレッキングをする人などで駅を利用する人が一定数いるのかもしれません。私が滞在した２時間ほどの間には、誰も現れませんでしたが。

JR仙山線の、宮城山形県境にある仙山トンネルの、山形県側の出口を出てすぐのところにある駅。周囲に人家はごくわずかで、秘境駅にも挙げられています。 駅までは林道が通じているものの、冬は除雪がされないため列車以外の交通手段がなくなります。また雪のない季節でも、仙台方面へ抜けられる道路はありません。 駅のすぐ近くにスキー場があり、列車でしか来られないスキー場として有名でしたが、ここ最近営業はしていない様子で、リフト乗り場までの間も全く除雪されていませんでした。

近くの滝を見るため車で真夏に訪れました。秘境感ありました。

仙山線の駅で仙台から来ると長いトンネルを出たあとにある駅です。こんな雪深い駅に利用する人がいるのか？と見ていたら数名降りてました。

JR仙山線の駅。無人駅で秘境駅。周辺はほぼ皆無。景色は素晴らしいのがたくさんあります。車でも行けるが道路は狭いし、カーブも多い。

Did a hiked here.

The is one station before Yamadera. Was tempted to just get off at this station as it was snowing heavily and covered in white! Not adventurous enough to do that as the next train was one hour later. But good enough to take a few shots before train door closed. The station is at higher altitude compared with the rest along the line. We were excited to see this heavy snow as we were from tropical. The scenery change quickly once we reached Yamadera where snow started to melt.

This is the station for the trailhead for Omoshiroyama tracking Saturday, October 17th,2020 it was my first time to have a chance to visit here. I would say it was breathtaking. Here I will share my experience for those who would like to visit. There are two main spot for the starting this trial. The easiest one would be just next to the station (Omoshiroyama-Kogen station). You can come here by train from Sendai. I arrived at around 8:30 and parked my car near the station. There is a bathroom and some wending machines if you like to use it. The trial goes in two directions at the station. One side is short but worth to go there. There is a waterfall and a space (just space) where you can enjoy cooking ‘nabe’. It was hard to find the trial head of the other direction since the map wasn’t clear. Just go back to the station and move up from the stairs and cross the bridge. You will see a small entrance on your left. Walk down from the narrow path. You will reach the river in 2-3 minutes. Then just follow the path until the end. The whole trial was very narrow and slippery. Make sure that your shoes are suitable for this. The scenery is spectacular. Have a good camera with you. Don’t drop it though. Watch your steps. I mean it. Specially after a rainy day. There are many wooden bridges where you will cross the river a lot. This will give you chance to take very good pictures. The fall colors wasn’t on the peak but I think after a week it will be better. At the end of the the path you will see the parking lot for the other hand. You can either return from the river path or just follow the car road which will take about 20 min. to get back to the station. There is also a Cosmos flower ? field nearby. The peak season is early October or end of September. It is for free. You can take some beautiful photos. If you would like to push yourself more than you can go to Yamadera which takes 10 mins by train and 20 min by car. Alternatively you can hike up to the Omoshiroyama Overall it was an amazing experience. I post lots of videos and photos. If you think this comment is helpful than don’t forget to click on thumbs up ?