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3 unusual facts about Shimo-Togari Station


Izuhakone Railway Sunzu Line

The terminus of the line was moved to Mishima Station (present day Shimo-Togari Station) on June 15, 1898 and the southern end of the line was extended to Ōhito Station on July 17, 1899.

Mishima-Tamachi Station

The line was connected to the former Mishima Station (present day Shimo-Togari Station) on June 15 of the same year.

Mishima, Shizuoka

Mishima received its first train connection in 1898 when the predecessor of the Izuhakone Railway established what is now Shimo-Togari Station.


Needle ice

Alternate names for needle ice are "frost pillars" ("Säuleneis" in German), "frost column", "Kammeis" (a German term meaning "comb ice"), "Stängeleis" (another German term referring to the stem-like structures), "shimo bashira" (霜柱 the Japanese term for "ice needles"), or "pipkrake" (from Swedish pipa (tube) and krake (weak, fine), coined in 1907 by Henrik Hesselman).


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