Nagaragawa Railway Minoshi Station Main Building

A Taisho Government Railway Station

The Nagaragawa Railway Minoshi Station Main Building (長良川鉄道美濃市駅本屋) is a timber station building in the form of a Taisho government railway station of 1923 in Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on December 24, 2013 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with an iron-sheet roof and a building area of 189 square metres, with a covered passage; registration number 21-0216.

A Taisho Government Railway Station

The main building of Minoshi Station, in the south-east of central Mino, dates from 1923 and was repaired in 1995 and 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A single-storey timber building 24 metres long, gabled and entered from the long side, it has a porch at the front and a covered passage at the back.

Its walls are clad in weatherboards, with the waiting room to the west and the office, including the block-signal room, and staff rooms to the east. The Agency notes that it preserves the form of a government railway station of the Taisho period.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

At Minoshi Station, look for the weatherboarded walls, the porch at the front and the covered passage at the back (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Nagaragawa Railway Co., Ltd. and is in use as a station of the line (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The station building and the platform and waiting shelter are introduced together on the Nagaragawa Railway Minoshi Station page.