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{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}{{short description|Railway station in Hamamatsu, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Okaji Station

| native_name = 岡地駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Kiga-koko-mae stn.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Okaji Station (then called Kigakōkōmae Station) in March 2006

| other_name =

| address = Hosoe-chō Nakagawa 4672-3, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-1304

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|34|48|44|N|137|39|56|E|display=inline, title|region:JP-22_type:railwaystation}}

| operator = [[Tenryū Hamanako Railroad]]

| line = {{Colorbull|lightblue}} [[Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line|Tenryū Hamanako Line]]

| distance = 43.5 kilometers from {{STN|Kakegawa}}

| platforms = 1 side platform

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{Official|1=https://www.tenhama.co.jp/about/station/okaji/}}

| opened =March 15, 1987

| closed =

| former = Kigakōkōmae (until 2015)

| passengers = 24 daily

| pass_year = FY2017

| map_type = Japan Shizuoka Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Okaji Station

}}

{{nihongo|'''Okaji Station'''|岡地駅|Okaji-eki}} is a railway station in [[Kita-ku, Hamamatsu|Kita-ku]], [[Hamamatsu]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture]], [[Japan]], operated by the [[Public–private partnership|third sector]] [[Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line|Tenryū Hamanako Railroad]].

Okaji Station is served by the [[Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line|Tenryū Hamanako Line]], and is located 43.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at [[Kakegawa Station]].

==Station layout==

The station has single [[side platform]] and no station building. It is unattended.

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==Station history==

The station, originally called {{nihongo|'''Kigakōkōmae Station'''|気賀高校前駅|Kigakōkōmae-eki}}, was established on March 15, 1987, the date the former Futamata Line of the [[Japanese National Railways]] was succeeded by the [[Tenryū Hamanako Railroad]] as its [[Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line|Tenryū Hamanako Line]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=天浜線の歴史 |trans-title=History of Tenhama Line |url=https://www.tenhama.co.jp/about/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121012407/https://www.tenhama.co.jp/about/history/ |archive-date=21 January 2024 |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=tenhama.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref> The station was used by students of nearby Kiga High School, from which the station took the name.<ref name=tenhama>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tenhama.co.jp/station/okaji.html|script-title=ja:岡地 - 路線と駅｜天浜線（天竜浜名湖鉄道株式会社）|website=Tenryu Hamanako Railroad|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja}}</ref>

The station name was changed to the present one on March 14, 2015, concurrently with the opening of [[Morimachibyōin-mae Station]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://response.jp/article/2015/03/06/245986.html|script-title=ja:天竜浜名湖鉄道、3月14日ダイヤ改正で新駅開業|trans-title=Tenryū Hamanako Railroad to open new station in March 14 timetable revision|author=Kusamachi, Yoshikazu|date=March 6, 2015|access-date=May 2, 2015|language=ja|website=Response}}</ref>

==Passenger statistics==

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

==Surrounding area==

*[[Japan National Route 362]]

==See also==

* [[List of Railway Stations in Japan]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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* [https://www.tenhama.co.jp/about/station/okaji/ Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Station information] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture]]

[[Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1987]]

[[Category:Stations of Tenryū Hamanako Railroad]]

[[Category:Railway stations in Hamamatsu]]