Kita-Kanaoka Station

Kita-Kanaoka Station (北金岡駅, Kita-Kanaoka-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Mitane, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kita-Kanaoka Station began as Kita-Kanoka Signal Stop (金岡信号場) on June 1, 1944, and was elevated to a full station on the Japan National Railway (JNR), serving the village of Kanaoka, Akita on February 25, 1952.

The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

[1] The station is located in a rural area of Mitane, with only a few houses nearby.

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