Ube-Shinkawa Station
Ubeshinkawa Station (宇部新川駅, Ube-shinkawa-eki) is a railway station on the Ube Line in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
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Location | 1-7-7 Uemachi, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 755-0051 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°57′31″N 131°14′32″E | ||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | Onoda Line ■ Ube Line | ||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 9 January 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Ubeshinkawa Station Location within Japan |
Lines
Ubeshinkawa Station is served by the Ube Line, with through services to and from the Onoda Line.
Layout
The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
- The station viewed from above in August 2016
History

The original Ubeshinkawa Station in 1914
The first station opened on January 9, 1914. The station was moved and rebuilt at the current location on August 1, 1923.
The station is depicted in the 2021 anime film Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, directed by Ube native Hideaki Anno. [1]
See also
References
- Yamazaki, Takero (April 12, 2021). "'Evangelion' fans flock to Ube, director Anno's hometown". The Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
External links

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- Official website (in Japanese)
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