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Former Hamadera-koen Station Building (浜寺公園駅旧駅舎)

Flow of the course

About 30 min here

About 15 min to the next stop

Next stop: A leisurely walk through a wide rose garden opening out among the pines

About this spot

This wooden Western-style station building at Hamadera-koen Station on the Nankai Main Line was built at the end of the Meiji era. It is known as a design by the office of Tatsuno Kingo (辰野金吾), and the white columns and the fine ornamentation of the roof survive to this day. When Hamadera Park drew crowds as a seaside bathing resort, this station was its gateway. It was relocated by house-moving when the tracks were elevated, and it is still preserved and in use in front of the station. Standing before the building, you can feel just how long the park you are about to visit has been loved.

Tips

It adjoins Hamadera-koen Station on the Nankai Main Line, so if you come by train it is right outside the ticket gates. Whether the interior is open and what hours it keeps vary from day to day, so plan around viewing the exterior. The road in front of the station carries traffic, so mind where you stand when taking photos.