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4 unusual facts about Kambara Station


Kambara Station

A station in the middle of Kambara Town was not actually built until Shin-Kambara Station in 1968.

However, in between Yoshiwara-juku and Kanbara-juku there was a traditionally unnumbered intermediary post station where a branch road led to the pilgrimage location of Mount Minobu.

Shin-Kambara Station

Shin-Kambara Station was opened on October 1, 1968, in response to a request by local citizens for a station closer to the center of town than the existing Kambara Station.

Yui Station

Yui Station was opened in 1889, the low population and proximity to Kambara Station led to the petition being rejected.



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