title: Kitamori Station
text: # Kitamori Station
  
  Kitamori Station (北森駅, Kitamori-eki) is an East Japan Railway Company (JR East) railway station on the Hanawa Line in the city of Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Kitamori Station is served by the 106.9 km Hanawa Line, and is located 15.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kōma.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Kitamori Station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
  
  ## History
  
  Kitamori Station opened on April 20, 1961 as a passenger station serving the village of Matsuo. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 282
  * Matsuo Post Office
  