Itabu Station

Itabu Station

飯給駅
Itabu Station; 飯給駅
	The station platform and waiting room in July 2015
General information
Location	Ichihara, Chiba; Japan
Operated by	Kominato Railway
Line(s)	Kominato Line
History
Opened	1926
Passengers
FY2010	6 daily
Services

Itabu Station (飯給駅, Itabu-eki) is a railway station on the Kominato Line in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Kominato Railway.

Lines

Itabu Station is served by the Kominato Railway Kominato Line, and lies 27.5 km from the western terminus of the line at Goi Station.

Station layout

Itabu Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unstaffed, but there is a small shelter on the platform.

Platforms

-	■ Kominato Line	for Kazusa-Ushiku and Goi for Kazusa-Nakano

The station waiting room, July 2015
The view from the platform looking northward, July 2015

History

Itabu Station opened on September 1, 1926.^[1] It has been unstaffed since 5 January 1956.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 6 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Adjacent to the station is what is dubbed "the largest public lavatory in the world". Designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and completed in 2012, the facility for women only consists of a single glass toilet cubicle located inside a 200 square metre enclosure.^[2]

The enclosure surrounding the women's toilet, July 2015
Inside the women's toilet, July 2015
The unisex toilet, July 2015

References

^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ Ryall, Julian (15 May 2012). "Japan's loo with a view is world's largest too". The Telegraph (in Japanese). Japan: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

35°19′14.44″N 140°08′32.04″E / 35.3206778°N 140.1422333°E / 35.3206778; 140.1422333

[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[telegraph20120515-2] Ryall, Julian (15 May 2012). "Japan's loo with a view is world's largest too". The Telegraph (in Japanese). Japan: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 12 November 2014.