title: Fujinoki Station
text: # Fujinoki Station
  
  Fujinoki Station (藤ノ木駅, Fujinoki-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) Chikuhō Main Line (also known as the Wakamatsu Line) in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  | 1 | ■ Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line) | for Wakamatsu |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line) | for Orio, Nakama, and Nōgata |
  
  ## History
  
  Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 12 August 1944 as an additional station on the existing Chikuho Main Line track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
  
  On 4 March 2017, Fujinoki, along with several other stations on the line, became a "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station is unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates can receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre which is located at Nakama.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  It is the westernmost train station among four stations in Wakamatsu-ku, all of those are on the Chikuho Main Line. National Route 199 runs immediately north of the station. Other points of interest include:
  
  * Wakamatsu Holiday Emergency Clinic - south of the station
  * Nursing Home Lifeport Wakamatsu - southwest of the station
  * Fujinoki Civic Center - 200m north
  * Hakusan Shrine - 600m northwest
  * Kitakyushu City Ishimine Junior High School - 600m west
  * Kitakyushu City Fujinoki Elementary School - 800m west
  