Okuoikojo Station (Train Station over the Lake), Shizuoka

“Okuoikojo Station” (Train Station over the Lake) of Oigawa Railway, which runs in Shizuoka Prefecture, is a beautiful secluded station that seems to float on the lake. It is a very rare railway line that operates SL for more than 300 days a year. The train that runs through the mountainous area called the Apt type runs ahead of Senzu Station on the Oigawa Railway. “Okuoikojo Station”, which can only be reached by that train, is a very famous unexplored station that has been introduced on TV.
This station is one of Shizuoka Prefecture’s premier tourist destinations. It is a station built on a cape in the lake. It is called an unexplored station and you can see a superb view, and many people come to sightseeing to take a picture of it.
An unexplored station is a station that is in the mountains, has no private houses in the surrounding area, has few stations, and is unmanned and lonely. However, because there is a station there, it is possible to go to sightseeing spots near the station, and to see the scenery that can hardly be seen at ordinary stations.
Okuoikojo Station is in the middle of nature and is far from everyday life. It is a place where the air is clear and all the stress in your body disappears when you take a deep breath. The scenery is also different. The scenery from the station and the scenery from a place away from the station are all superb views. It’s a wonderful unexplored station as if this kind of space still remained in Japan.
For a limited time and season, many people come to enjoy the autumn leaves of this secluded station. Surrounded by mountains and under the lake, this place is a popular tourist spot where you can enjoy various colors of red and yellow, green and orange. In particular, this red railway bridge is an accent in this mountain and makes the autumn leaves wonderful.

A part of the platform has been protruding on the bridge

Okuoikojo Station is a secret station between the “Rainbow Bridge” floating on Lake Sesso of Kawanehoncho Shizuoka Prefecture. A part of the platform has been protruding on the bridge and it is simple construction. On the home “Happy Bell” is set up, and there are places where lovers swear eternal love and padlock.

Almost all of the users are tourists

The “Okuoi Rainbow Bridge” over the dam lake was a railroad that was originally laid in order to carry the materials that make up the dam. However, in 1990 the route was partly changed at the construction of the new dam, and the station was born at the tip of the cape. Currently, almost all of the users are tourists. The route from Okuoikojo Station to the Sesso Gorge Onsen Hot Springs across the Rainbow Bridge is a hiking course for tourists.

falling into the illusion having lost their way to a fairytale

There are no signs of people getting on and off for purposes other than sightseeing, at the station on the peninsular mountaintop that protrudes to Lake Sesso. Of course, this is an unmanned station. This neighborhood is also known for its wonderful distant view. It seems that it becomes like a strange feeling which it was left behind in a place where there was nothing on the day when haze was hurt. The bridge over the both ends of the station was named “Rainbow Bridge” because it rained a lot. There seems to be some people falling into the illusion that they have lost their way to a fairytale.

The steepest slope in Japan

The sea level of Okuoikojo Station is 490 meters. This place is the ridge of a large meandering valley, and the station and the iron bridge have a height of 70 meters from the bottom of the lake. This station is sandwiched between two huge iron bridges in the front and back, no private houses etc in the vicinity. Oigawa Tetsudo Ikawa Line was called “Southern Alps Abt Line” and opened in 1990. As a railway adopted the Abt system, it climbed to a height of 90 meters while going 1000 meters and is running “the steepest slope in Japan”.

The deep valley covered by the virgin forest that people did not allow to enter

Here in autumn, the surrounding mountain changes to colorful all over. Beech, maple, leek, etc. color from early to late November, the beauty of the valley and the blue color of the water are enough to see.
It is a must see railway and train collaboration going into the deep valley covered by the virgin forest that people did not allow to enter.
Autumn leaves to see from the train window and autumn leaves to color around the Rainbow Bridge are recommended points.

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