Notogawa Station

From PHOTOGUIDE.JP

Notogawa Station (能登川駅) is a railway station in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan on the Biwako Line (Tokaido Main Line) of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Rebuilt in 2003, the Notogawa Station building is shaped like a giant waterwheel, the symbol of Notogawa town before it merged with Higashi-Omi in 2006. Notogawa has a giant waterwheel at a local park. The waterwheel design is on both the east and west sides of the train station. It’s so distinctive and very impressive. I loudly applaud the people who planned and designed the building. The building’s waterwheel structure houses an escalator on one end and stairs on the other. The west side of the station has other waterwheel-themed objects, not to mention a local shopping center also bearing waterwheel designs. Although there are train stations in Japan with a real waterwheel next to it, it seems Notogawa Station is the only one that is shaped like a waterwheel. Higashi-Omi’s sole JR train station.

Elevator: Yes | Escalator: Yes (Up only) | Accessible toilet: Yes (Outside station) | Staffed: Yes | Lockers: Yes | Tourist info staff: No | Rental bicycles: Yes

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