title: Itabu Station
text: # Itabu Station
  
  Itabu Station (飯給駅, Itabu-eki) is a railway station on the Kominato Line in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Kominato Railway.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Itabu Station is served by the Kominato Railway Kominato Line, and lies 27.5 km from the western terminus of the line at Goi Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Itabu Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unstaffed, but there is a small shelter on the platform.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | - | ■ Kominato Line | for Kazusa-Ushiku and Goi for Kazusa-Nakano |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * The station waiting room, July 2015
  * The view from the platform looking northward, July 2015
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | « | Service | » | » |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kominato Line |||||
  | Satomi | Satomi | - | Tsukizaki | Tsukizaki |
  
  ## History
  
  Itabu Station opened on September 1, 1926. It has been unstaffed since 5 January 1956.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 6 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  Adjacent to the station is what is dubbed "the largest public lavatory in the world". Designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and completed in 2012, the facility for women only consists of a single glass toilet cubicle located inside a 200 square metre enclosure.
  
  * The enclosure surrounding the women's toilet, July 2015
  * Inside the women's toilet, July 2015
  * The unisex toilet, July 2015
  