Kotobuki Station

Kotobuki Station (寿駅, Kotobuki-eki) is a railway station on the Fujikyuko Line in the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Fuji Kyuko (Fujikyu).

[1] Kotobuki Station is served by the 26.6 km (16.5 mi) privately operated Fujikyuko Line from Ōtsuki to Kawaguchiko, and is 18.8 kilometres (11.7 mi) from the terminus of the line at Ōtsuki Station.

[2] The station is unstaffed, and consists of one side platform serving a single bidirectional track, with the station structure located on the south side of the track.

[2] It was renamed on 11 June 1930 due to the name's similar appearance to bochi (墓地), the Japanese word for "graveyard".

[1][2] In fiscal 1998, the station was used by an average of 518 passengers daily.

View of the platform and track looking east in February 2006