Kayashima Station

Location
	Kayashima Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Kayashima Station Kayashima Station (Japan)

Kayashima Station

萱島駅
Kayashima Station; 萱島駅
	Kayashima Station with the sacred tree growing through it
General information
Location	198-1, Kayashimahonmachi, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka-fu; Japan
Coordinates	34°44′51″N 135°36′41″E / 34.7474°N 135.6113°E
Operated by	Keihan Electric Railway
Line(s)	■ Keihan Main Line
Distance	12.8 km from Yodoyabashi
Platforms	2 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal;
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	KH16
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 April 1910
Passengers
FY2019	27,841 daily
Location
Location
	Kayashima Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Kayashima Station Kayashima Station (Japan)

Kayashima Station (萱島駅, Kayashima-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. One notable feature of this station is that it has a large camphor sacred tree growing in the middle of it which is considered sacred to the local people.^[1] The station was built around it. The tree is estimated to be around 700 years old; its base has a small Shinto shrine.^[2]

^ "Japanese Train Station Protectively Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree". 27 January 2017.
^ Aaron Netsky, Kayashima Station, Atlas Obscura (Accessed March 15 2017)

[1] "Japanese Train Station Protectively Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree". 27 January 2017.

[2] Aaron Netsky, Kayashima Station, Atlas Obscura (Accessed March 15 2017)

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