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The End of the Tsugaru Line: Visiting the Abandoned Minmaya Station at Japan’s Northern Edge
abandoned train station, Aomori travel, Japan rail history, JR East, local railway Japan, Minmaya, Minmaya Station, Northern Japan, rural train stations, train ruins Japan, Tsugaru Line
The Northernmost Station on the Tsugaru Line: Minmaya Station I made my way to Minmaya Station, the northernmost terminal of the Tsugaru Peninsula. Though once a key stop, the station has been out of operation since a record-breaking rainstorm in 2022 devastated the Tsugaru Line between Kanita and Minmaya, and there are currently no plans for restoration. The unused tracks are slowly being swallowed by wild grass, and the station, devoid of passengers or staff, feels eerily silent. Is this the beginning of the end for Minmaya Station? Minmaya Station opened in 1958 as the final stop on the Tsugaru ...