2004: Japan Gets a New Railway Station

March 13, 2004

On Kyūshū – the third largest of Japan’s five main islands – operations began for a newly completed passenger railway station in the city of Minamata. Shin-Minamata Station is served by both the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed trains (popularly known as bullet trains); and the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line.

Shin-Minamata Station was designed by Makoto Sei Watanabe (born in 1952). A prolific architect who lives in Tokyo, Watanabe has also designed at least three other railway stations in Japan.

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For more information on Shin-Minamata Station, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Minamata_Station