Wajiki Station

is a passenger railway station located in the village of Geisei, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN31".

Lines The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 18.2 km from the beginning of the line at . All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.

Layout The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room has been set up at the base of the embankment together with parking lots and a bike shed. Access to the platforms is by two separate flights of steps.

Adjacent stations

Station mascot Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Wajiki Station is a kappa named . The design is chosen because local folklore refers to kappa, a river Yōkai (imp or demon), inhabits the nearby Wajiki river.

History The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from to .

Passenger statistics In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 223 passengers daily.

Surrounding area Japan National Route 55

See also List of railway stations in Japan

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