title: Ashino-Kōen Station
text: # Ashino-Kōen Station
  
  Ashino-Kōen Station (芦野公園駅, Ashino Kōen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tsugaru Railway Company.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Ashino-Kōen Station is served by the Tsugaru Railway Line, and is located 14.3 km from the terminus of the line at Tsugaru-Goshogawara.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has a single ground-level side platform serving a bidirectional track. The station is unattended.
  
  ## History
  
  Ashino-Kōen Station was opened on October 4, 1930. The station building was replaced in 1975. The original station building, a one-story wooden structure with a copper roof and pentagonal gable which appeared in Osamu Dazai's novel "Tsugaru", was preserved and used as a coffee shop by the NPO "Kanagi Genki Club" and as the "Tsugaru Railway Old Ashinokoen Station Bookstore". It received protection as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2014. It is the last remaining building on the Tsugaru Railway from the time of its opening
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Ashino Chishōgun Prefectural Natural Park
  * National Route 339
  