{{Short description|Railway station in Ōshu, Iwate Prefecture, Japan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox station | name = Mizusawa Station | style = JR East | native_name = 水沢駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | image = Mizusawa-stn.JPG | alt = | caption = Mizusawa Station in March 2007 | other_name = | address = 1-9-1 Higashiodori, Mizusawa-ku, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-0828 | country = Japan | coordinates = {{coord|39.1392|N|141.1462|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}} | operator = 20px JR East | line = {{Colorbull|MediumSeaGreen}} Tōhoku Main Line | platforms = 1 side + 1 island platforms | tracks = 3 | distance = 470.1 km from {{STN|Tokyo|x}} | structure = | code = | status = Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | website = {{official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1461}} | opened = 1 November 1890 | rebuilt = | closed = | former = | passengers = 1,859 daily | pass_year = FY2018 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|right=Kanegasaki|type=Rapid Aterui |line=Tohoku|left2=Rikuchū-Orii|note-mid2=Local|right2=Kanegasaki}} | map_type = Japan Iwate Prefecture#Japan }} thumb|Wind chimes at the Mizusawa Station platform {{nihongo|'''Mizusawa Station'''|水沢駅|Mizusawa-eki}} is a railway station in the city of Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
==Lines== Mizusawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located {{Convert|470.1|km|abbr=on}} from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
==Station layout== The station has an island platform and a single side platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed and has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. The station is noted for the numerous ''nambu fūrin'' (Japanese wind chimes), and the station is listed as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.<ref name="Hundred">{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/oto/ |title=100 Soundscapes of Japan |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=18 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608002719/http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/oto/ |archivedate=8 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
===Platforms=== {{ja-rail-line|pfn=1, 2|first=2|name= Tōhoku Main Line |linecol=MediumSeaGreen|dir=for {{STN|Kitakami|x}} and {{STN|Morioka|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|first=3|nidx= Tōhoku Main Line |linecol=MediumSeaGreen|dir=for {{STN|Hiraizumi|x}} and {{STN|Ichinoseki|x}}}}
==History== Mizusawa station opened on 1 November 1890.<ref name="jnr1985">{{cite book |script-title=ja: 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 |trans-title=JNR Station Directory | publisher = Japanese National Railways | year = 1985 | location = Japan | page = 100| isbn = 4-533-00503-9}}</ref> The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
==Passenger statistics== In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,859 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).<ref name="jreast2018stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018_05.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)|year= 2019|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 11 May 2020}}</ref>
==Surrounding area== *Mizusawa Post office *Ōshū City Office *Kitakami River * {{jct|country=JPN|Route|4}} * {{jct|country=JPN|Route|297}}
==See also== * List of railway stations in Japan
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * {{Official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1461}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Railway stations in Ōshū, Iwate Category:Tōhoku Main Line Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1890 Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company