Iwafune Station

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Iwafune Station (岩舟駅, Iwafune-eki^?) is a railway station on the Ryōmō Line of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) located in Iwafune, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

The station was opened by Ryōmō Railway on October 10, 1889. Originally the name of the station was written as 岩船 (pronounced same as the present name). It was changed to the present name 岩舟 on March 1, 1902.

In the first segment of anime 5 Centimeters Per Second, this station was mentioned as Takaki and Akari were promised to met up at the station.

[edit] References

• Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen II (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation, p. 459. ISBN 4533029809. 

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