(literally, in front of the ball-park) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN28".
Lines The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 26.2 km from the beginning of the line at . All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.
Layout The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room which comprises both open and enclosed compartments has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A timber waiting room in traditional Japanese architectural style has been set up at the base of the embankment together with a bike shed and parking lots for cars.
Adjacent stations
Station mascot Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Kyūjōmae Station is a figure with a baseball for a head dressed in yellow baseball gear with vertical black stripes named . The baseball theme relates to the baseball stadium near to the station.
History The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from to .
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 222 passengers daily.
Surrounding area Japan National Route 55 Aki Municipal Stadium Aki Multipurpose Gymnasium
See also List of railway stations in Japan
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