Matsushima-Kaigan Station 松島海岸駅
Matsushima-Kaigan Station, October 2008
General information
Location	Matsushima, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-0213 Japan
Coordinates	38°22′5.31″N 141°3′31.64″E / 38.3681417°N 141.0587889°E / 38.3681417; 141.0587889
Distance	23.2 km from Aoba-dōri
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 18, 1927
Previous names	Matsushima-Kōen (until 1944)
Passengers
FY2018	1054
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Rikuzen-Hamada towards Aoba-dori Senseki Line Takagimachi towards Ishinomaki
Location Matsushima-Kaigan Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Matsushima-Kaigan Station Matsushima-Kaigan Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Matsushima-Kaigan Station (松島海岸駅, Matsushima-Kaigan-eki) is a railway station in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Matsushima-Kaigan Station is served by the Senseki Line. It is located 23.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station.

The station has one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Matsushima-Kaigan Station opened on April 18, 1927 as Matsushima Kōen Station (松島公園駅) on the Miyagi Electric Railway. The line was nationalized on May 1, 1944 and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The station was closed from March 11 to May 28, 2011 due to damage associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Matsushima
• Zuigan-ji

• List of railway stations in Japan

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