Inuboh Station
{{short description|Railway station in Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name = 45px
Inuboh Station
| native_name = 犬吠駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type =
| image = Inuboh Station 20120826.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Inuboh Station forecourt in August 2012
| other_name =
| address = 9591–1 Inubōzaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|35|42|23|N|140|51|40|E|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title, inline}}
| operator = Chōshi Electric Railway
| line = Chōshi Electric Railway Line
| distance = 5.5 km from {{STN|Chōshi|x}}
| platforms = 1 (1 side platform)
| tracks = 1
| connections =
| structure =
| code = CD09
| opened = December 1913
| closed =
| former = Tōdaimae (until 1941)
| passengers = 158 daily
| pass_year = FY2010
| map_type = Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan
| map_dot_label = Inuboh Station
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Choshi|line1=Choshi|left1=Kimigahama|right1=Tokawa|note-left1=30px|note-right1=30px}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Inuboh Station|犬吠駅|Inubō-eki}} is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.
Lines
Inuboh Station is served by the {{Convert|6.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} Chōshi Electric Railway Line from {{STN|Chōshi|x}} to {{STN|Tokawa|x}}. It is located between {{STN|Kimigahama|x}} and Tokawa stations, and is a distance of 5.5 km from Chōshi Station.{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu | script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = 19 January 2013 | location = Japan | page = 208| isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4}}
Station layout
The station is staffed during the daytime, and consists of one side platform serving a single track. Nure senbei (moist senbei rice crackers) are made and sold inside the large Portuguese-style station building.{{cite book | script-title=ja: ローカル鉄道途中下車の旅 |trans-title=Local Railway All-stations Journeys | publisher = Seibido Publishing | year = 1998 | location = Japan | pages = 124–127| isbn = 4-415-09308-6}}
Former Choshi Electric Railway DeHa 501 EMU car was sectioned and grounded in front of the station together with former Sagami Railway 2000 series EMU car MoNi 2022. These were used as shop and restaurant facilities until they were cut up on-site in July 2012 due to their increasingly poor structural condition.{{cite magazine| last = Satō| first = Toshio| script-title=ja:銚子電鉄の電車たちを訪ねて |trans-title=Visiting the trains of the Chōshi Electric Railway|magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine | volume = 49| issue = 584| pages =92–96| publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan | date = December 2009| language = Japanese}}{{cite web|url= http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2012/07/5012022.html|script-title= ja:デハ501、元相模鉄道モニ2022 解体|trans-title= DeHa 501 and former Sotetsu MoNi 2022 cut up|date= 26 July 2012|work= RM News|publisher= Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 12 August 2012|archive-date= 11 January 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140111084449/http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2012/07/5012022.html|url-status= dead}}
File:DeHa 501 Sotetsu 2022 Inubo 20091122.JPG|Former DeHa 501 car (left) and Sagami Railway MoNi 2022 car (right) in front of the station in November 2009
File:Inubo station.JPG|The platform looking southward toward Tokawa in September 2012
History
File:Old Inuboh Station 20120128.JPG
Inuboh Station first opened in December 1913 as a station on the {{Nihongo|Chōshi Sightseeing Railway|銚子遊覧鉄道|Chōshi Yūran Tetsudō}}, which operated a distance of 5.9 km between {{STN|Chōshi|x}} and Inuboh.{{cite journal|last = Shirato|first = Sadao|script-title=ja:銚子遊覧鉄道|trans-title=Chōshi Sightseeing Railway|journal = The Railway Pictorial |volume = 64|issue = 887 |pages=108–109 |publisher = Denkisha Kenkyūkai |location = Japan |language= Japanese |date = March 2014}} The railway closed in November 1917, but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway. The original station was located 400 m south of the location of the present-day Inuboh Station.{{cite book | last = Shirato| first = Sadao |script-title=ja: 銚子電気鉄道（上） |trans-title=Choshi Electric Railway Volume One | publisher = Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.| date = June 2011 | location = Japan | page = 32| isbn = 978-4-7770-5309-4}} On 21 June 1935, a new temporary station opened at the present-day station of Inuboh Station, named {{Nihongo|Tōdaimae Station|燈台前駅||lit. "lighthouse front"}}. This became a full-time station from 14 August 1935. With the opening of Tōdaimae Station, passenger usage of the original Inuboh Station dropped from an average of 30 passengers daily in 1930 to an average of just 13 passengers daily. The original Inuboh Station closed from 15 November 1941, from which date Tōdaimae Station was renamed Inuboh. The original station structure included a roof extending over the platform, but this was damaged by a typhoon in September 1948, and not replaced. A new Portuguese-style station building was completed in December 1990 with a large forecourt area for special events.{{cite web |url= http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/kaisha/kaisha.htm|script-title=ja:銚子電鉄の概要|trans-title=Choshi Electric Railway Outline|publisher= Choshi Electric Railway|language= Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816144608/http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/kaisha/kaisha.htm|archivedate=2007-08-16|url-status= dead|accessdate= 1 December 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/eki/eki.htm |script-title=ja:メルヘン駅舎（各駅案内） |trans-title=Fairy tale station buildings (Station information) |publisher=Choshi Electric Railway |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816144642/http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/eki/eki.htm|archivedate=2007-08-16|url-status=dead|accessdate=2 June 2014 }}
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 158 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls |script-title=ja:民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2010(平成22)年度|trans-title=Private railway average daily passenger figures by station (Fiscal 2010)|year= 2011|publisher= Chiba Prefectural Government |location= Japan|language= Japanese| format = Excel |accessdate= 2 June 2014}} The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Surrounding area
File:Inubouzki lighthouse 2008.jpg
File:Inubosaki Marine Park 2015.jpg
- Inubōsaki Lighthouse
- {{Nihongo|Horizon Observatory|地球の丸く見える丘展望館|Chikyū-no-maruku-mieru Oka tenbōkan}}{{cite web |url= http://www.choshikanko.com/tenbokan/index.html|script-title=ja:地球の丸く見える丘展望館|trans-title=Horizon Observatory|publisher= Choshi Sightseeing Association|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 28 August 2012}}
- Inubosaki Marine Park{{cite web |url= https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO26279630Z20C18A1L71000/ |script-title=ja: 千葉の水族館「犬吠埼マリンパーク」閉館へ |trans-title= Inubōsaki Marine Park aquarium in Chiba to close |date= 29 January 2018 |work= Nikkei Shimbun |publisher= Nikkei Inc. |location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180206071604/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO26279630Z20C18A1L71000/ |archivedate= 6 February 2018 |url-status=live|accessdate= 6 February 2018}}
=Inubōsaki Onsen=
Since 1996, a number of hotels in the vicinity started boring for onsen hot springs.
- {{Nihongo|Inubōsaki Keisei Hotel|犬吠埼京成ホテル}}{{cite web |url= http://www.keiseihotel.co.jp/inu/|script-title=ja:犬吠埼京成ホテル|trans-title=Inubohsaki Keisei Hotel|publisher= Inubousaki Keisei Hotel|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010822131515/http://www.keiseihotel.co.jp/inu/|archivedate=2001-08-22|url-status= dead|accessdate= 8 January 2012}}
- {{Nihongo|Grand Hotel Isoya|グランドホテル磯屋}} (closed 20 April 2012){{cite web |url=http://www.grandhotel-isoya.co.jp/|script-title=ja:グランドホテル磯屋|trans-title=Grand Hotel Isoya|publisher= Grand Hotel Isoya|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 9 July 2012}}
- {{Nihongo|Inubōsaki Kankō Hotel|犬吠埼観光ホテル}}
- {{Nihongo|Inubōsaki Royal Hotel|犬吠埼ロイヤルホテル}}
- {{Nihongo|Hotel New Daishin|ホテルニュー大新}}
- {{Nihongo|Gyōkeikan|ぎょうけい館}}
- {{Nihongo|Ocean Spa Taiyou no Sato|オーシャンスパ犬吠埼太陽の里}}{{cite web |url= http://www.inubou.jp/|title= Ocean Spa Taiyou no Sato official website|publisher= Yarita Inc.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 9 September 2011}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Inubo Station|Inuboh Station}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070816144642/http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/eki/eki.htm Choshi Electric Railway station information] {{in lang|ja}}
{{Choshi Electric Railway Line}}
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Category:Stations of Chōshi Electric Railway Line