Japan’s most curiously-named stations

By ( May 23, 2007 at 05:11) · Filed under Polls, Rankings, Silly

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goo Ranking recently published, as selected by goo Research’s monitor pool over the 19th and 20th of April 2007, Japan’s most curiously-named stations.

Some of the names are amusing, others are strange, and a few more I just don’t get! Any help would be more than welcome.

Note that the number one choice is Japan’s longest station name. This title used to be held by 「ルイス・C.ティファニー庭園美術館前駅」, “Louis C Tiffany Garden Museum Mae Station”, but the museum closed down and the station was renamed to the slightly shorter 「松江イングリッシュガーデン前駅」, “Matsue English Garden Mae Station”, apparently on the 21st of May 2007. Note that at the time of writing, Wikipedia wrongly reports this as the longest Japanese station name in a link from their Louis C Tiffany page.

To help you locate the places, I’ve made a custom Google Map for all these stations.

Ranking research

Q: What curiously-named station would you most like to vist?

Rank 日本語 English Explanation Score
1 南阿蘇水の生まれる里白水高原駅 Minami Asomizu no Umareru Satohakusui Kougen Eki The longest working station name in Japan 100
2 おもちゃのまち駅 Omocha no Machi Eki Toytown Station. Apparently this is near a Bandai factory. 98.1
3 宮本武蔵駅 Miyamoto Musashi Eki Named after Japan’s famous samurai 61.7
4 幸駅 Saiwai Eki Good Fortune Station 45.8
5 心臓血管センター駅 Shinzo Kekkan Centre Eki Cardiovascular Centre Station 42.5
6 大歩危駅 Ooboke Eki Big Step Danger Station sounds quite strange 33.6
7 源じいの森駅 Genjii no Mori Eki Not really sure on this one 31.8
8 面白山高原駅 Omoshiro Yama Kougen Eki Amusing Mountain Plateau Station 31.3
9 南蛇井駅 Nanjai Eki South Snake Well Station 26.6
10 姨捨駅 Obasute Eki Throw your Younger Sister Away Station 25.7
11 さくらんぼ東根駅 Sakuranbo Higashi Ne Eki Eastern Root Cherry Station 25.2
12 姫駅 Hime Eki Princess Station 22.0
13 蛸地蔵駅 Tako Jizo Eki Octopus Bodhisattva Jizo Station 21.5
14 おかどめ幸福駅 Okadome Kofuku Eki Okadome Good Fortune Station 20.6
15 ウッディタウン中央駅 Woody Town Chuuou Eki Woody Town Central Station 20.1
16 おもろまち駅 Omoro-machi Eki In slang, omoro(i) is entertaining, so, Entertaining Town Station 19.2
17 後免駅 Gomen Eki Same pronounciation as “Sorry Station” might be 16.8
18 福駅 Fuku Eki Good Fortune Station 6.8
19 昆布盛駅 Konbu-mori Eki Piled Seaweed Station 14.0
20 塔のへつり駅 To no Hetsuri Eki Not sure on this name 14.0
21 大学駅 Daigaku Eki University Station 12.6
22 比布駅 Bibbu Eki No sure on this one 12.6
23 半家駅 Hage Eki Half a House Station 12.1
24 増毛駅 Mashike Eki Increasing Hair Station 11.7
25 国道駅 Kokudo Eki National Highway Station 11.7
26 阿仁マタギ駅 Ani Matagi Eki Named after the Matagi, an ancient hunting community 11.2
27 及位駅 Nozoki Eki I think this is funny for just having a strange kanji reading 11.2
28 たまプラーザ駅 Tama Plaza Eki Not sure why this one is funny! 10.7
29 ＹＲＰ野比駅 YRP Nohi Eki Near the Yokosuka Research Park in Nohi 9.8
30 上下駅 Jouge Eki Up-Down Station 9.3
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