Asari Station (Hokkaido)

Asari 朝里駅
The station building in September 2012
Location	Otaru, Hokkaido Japan
Coordinates	43°10′37″N 141°03′52″E / 43.17694°N 141.06444°E / 43.17694; 141.06444Coordinates: 43°10′37″N 141°03′52″E / 43.17694°N 141.06444°E / 43.17694; 141.06444
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Hakodate Main Line
Distance	259.3 km from Hakodate
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	S12
History
Opened	November 28, 1880 (1880-11-28)
Traffic

Passengers (FY2012)	282 daily
Location
Asari Location within Japan

Asari Station (朝里駅, Asari-eki) is a railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is numbered S12.^[1]

Lines

Asari Station is served by the Hakodate Main Line

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge, serving two tracks. The station has automated ticket machines and Kitaca card readers.^[2] The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Otaru
2	■ Hakodate Main Line	for Sapporo, Iwamizawa, and New Chitose Airport

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Hakodate Main Line
Otaru-Chikkō (S13)	Semi-Rapid	Zenibako (S11)
Otaru-Chikkō (S13)	Local	Zenibako (S11)
Rapid: Does not stop at this station^[3]

History

The station opened on November 28, 1880 as a flag station.^[4]

The area around the station was used as a location in the 2008 music video for Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Possess Your Heart".^[5]

References

↑ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
↑ "Service Range Kitaca". JR Hokkaido. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
↑ "JR HOKKAIDO Railway Lines in Sapporo Area" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 814. ISBN 4533029809.
↑ Stasukevich, Iain (August 2008). "Short Takes: Touring the World for Death Cab for Cutie". American Cinematographer. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

Stations of the Hakodate Main Line

■ Hakodate to Oshamambe	Hakodate Goryōkaku Kikyō Ōnakayama Nanae Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Niyama Ōnuma Ōnuma-Kōen Akaigawa Komagatake Higashiyama Himekawa Mori Katsuragawa Ishiya Hon-Ishikura Ishikura Otoshibe Nodaoi Yamakoshi Yakumo ~~Washinosu~~ Yamasaki Kuroiwa Kita-Toyotsu Kunnui Nakanosawa Oshamambe

■ Oshamambe to Sapporo	Oshamambe Futamata Warabitai Kuromatsunai Neppu Mena Rankoshi Konbu Niseko Hirafu Kutchan Kozawa Ginzan Shikaribetsu Niki Yoichi Ranshima Shioya Otaru Minami-Otaru Otaru-Chikkō Asari Zenibako Hoshimi Hoshioki Inaho Teine Inazumi-Kōen Hassamu Hassamu-Chūō Kotoni Sōen Sapporo

■ Sapporo to Asahikawa	Sapporo Naebo Shiroishi Atsubetsu Shinrin-Kōen Ōasa Nopporo Takasago Ebetsu Toyohoro Horomui Kami-Horomui Iwamizawa Minenobu Kōshunai Bibai Chashinai Naie Toyonuma Sunagawa Takikawa Ebeotsu Moseushi Fukagawa Osamunai Inō Chikabumi Asahikawa

Branch Line	Ōnuma Ikedaen Nagareyama Onsen Chōshiguchi Shikabe Oshima-Numajiri Oshima-Sawara Kakarima Oshironai Higashi-Mori Mori

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