Kizukuri Station 木造駅
Kizukuri Station in April 2008
General information
Location	10 Kizukuri Fusamatsu, Tsugaru City, Aomori Prefecture 038-3158 Japan
Coordinates	40°48′08.89″N 140°23′17.20″E / 40.8024694°N 140.3881111°E / 40.8024694; 140.3881111
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Gonō Line
Distance	119.5 km (74.3 mi) from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	21 October 1924; 99 years ago (1924-10-21)
Passengers
FY2021	167 (Daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Nakata towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Rapid Goshogawara One-way operation Gonō Line Local Goshogawara towards Hirosaki
Location
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Kizukuri Station (木造駅, Kizukuri-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Tsugaru municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).

Lines

Kizukuri Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 119.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Kizukuri Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station building is attended during normal daylight operating hours.

History

Kizukuri Station was opened on October 21, 1924 as a station on the Mutsu Railway in former Kizukuri Town, and became a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) when the Mutsu Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1927. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The current station building, decorated with a huge shakōkidogū statue on its facade, was completed in 1992.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 212 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• National Route 101
• Tsugaru Police station
• Kizukuri Post Office
• Tsugaru City Hall