Kiyosato Station

Kiyosato Station
清里駅駅

Kiyosato Station
Location Hokuto, Yamanashi
(山梨県北杜市清里駅)
Japan
Coordinates 35°55′09″N 138°26′12″E / 35.9192°N 138.4367°E / 35.9192; 138.4367Coordinates: 35°55′09″N 138°26′12″E / 35.9192°N 138.4367°E / 35.9192; 138.4367
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Koumi Line
History
Opened 1933

Kiyosato Station (清里駅 Kiyosato-eki) is a railway station on the Koumi Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), in Kiyosato in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Kiyosato Station serves as the gateway to the surrounding highland resort area as well as the Kiyosato Educational Experiment Program (KEEP), a Summer camp, agricultural training and conference center established in 1938 by American Paul Rusch.

With an elevation of 1,274 m (4,180 ft) on the Southern slopes of Mt. Yatsugatake, Kiyosato Station is the second highest station on the JR East rail network and the station with the highest elevation in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Layout

Platforms
1 Koumi Line for Kobuchizawa
2 Koumi Line for Nobeyama, Sakudaira and Komoro
3 Koumi Line sidetrack

Adjacent stations

Service
JR East
Kai-Ōizumi   Koumi Line   Nobeyama

See also

External links

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