title: Matsukusa Station
text: # Matsukusa Station
  
  Matsukusa Station (松草駅, Matsukusa-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Matsukusa Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 43.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Matsukusa Station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but there is a weather shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.
  
  ## History
  
  Matsukusa Station opened on 31 October 1930. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Japan National Route 106
  