Hōkaiin Station
# Hōkaiin Station

Hōkaiin Station (法界院駅, Hōkaiin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Hōkaiin Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 2.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.

## Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.The station is unattended.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ TTsuyama Line | for Fukuwatari and Tsuyama |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ T Tsuyama Line | for Okayama |

## Adjacent stations

| « | Service | » |
| - | - | - |
| JR West Tsuyama Line |||||
| Okayama | Rapid Kotobuki | Nonokuchi |
| Okayama | Rapid | Kanagawa |
| Okayama | Local | Bizen-Hara |

## History

Hōkaiin Station opened on June 10, 1908 as a temporary stop and was upgraded to a full station on September 2 of the same year. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1307 passengers daily..

## Surrounding area

The station is located in a dense residential area.

* Okayama Municipal Mino Elementary School
* Okayama Prefectural General Ground (City Light Stadium, Okayama Baseball Stadium, Momotaro Arena, Tsushima Ruins)
* Okayama University Tsushima Campus/The Open University of Japan Okayama Study Center
* Okayama Municipal Okakita Junior High School
