Morioka Station 盛岡駅
Morioka Station front entrance
Location
Prefecture	Iwate (See other stations in Iwate)
City	Morioka
History
Year opened	1890
Rail services
Line(s)	JR East Tōhoku Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen Tōhoku Main Line Yamada Line Tazawako Line Iwate Ginga Railway Iwate Ginga Railway Line
There is a medium bus rotary at this station

Morioka Station (盛岡駅) is a railway station located in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Station layout 3 Surrounding area 3.1 East exit 3.2 West exit 4 Connecting bus routes 4.1 Local 4.2 Long-distance (Highway bus) 5 History 6 Adjacent stations

[edit] History

The station was opened on November 1, 1890 by Japan's first private railway company, Nippon Tetsudō.

[edit] Station layout

• 7-platform, 14-track, above-ground station

0 & 1	■Iwate Ginga Railway Line	For Iwate-Numakunai and Ninohe (Departure)
	■Hanawa Line	For Araya-Shinmachi and Kazuno-Hanawa (Departure)
2	■Tōhoku Main Line	For Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
	■Yamada Line	For Moichi and Miyako
	■Iwate Ginga Railway Line	For Iwate-Numakunai (JR Line through operation)
3	■Tōhoku Main Line	For Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
	■Iwate Ginga Railway Line	For Iwate-Numakunai (JR Line through operation)
4 & 5	■Tōhoku Main Line	For Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
6	■Tōhoku Main Line	For Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
	■Yamada Line	For Moichi and Miyako
7	■Tōhoku Main Line	For Hanamaki, kitakami and Ichinoseki
8 & 9	■Tazawako Line	For Shizikuishi and Ōmagari
11	■Tōhoku Shinkansen	For Sendai and Tokyo
12 & 13	■Tōhoku Shinkansen	For Sendai and Tokyo (Departure)
14	■Tōhoku Shinkansen	For Ninohe and Hachinohe
	■Akita Shinkansen	For Ōmagari and Akita

[edit] Surrounding area

[edit] East exit

• Morioka Station building "Fezan"
• Moriokaekimae Post office
• JR East Morioka branch office
• JR bus Tōhoku Morioka branch office

[edit] West exit

• Iwate Asahi Television Co., Ltd.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Local

• JR Bus Tōhoku
  • For Kuji via Iwate-Numakunai Station and Kuzumaki
  • For Iwaizumi via Hayasaka-Kōgen
• Iwate-Kenhoku Bus
  • For Miyako Station("Route 106 Express Bus")
• Iwate Kenkotsu Bus
  • For Ōfunato via Setamai
  • For Hanamaki Airport

[edit] Long-distance (Highway bus)

Departs from the west exit

• For Aomori Station via Kosaka ("Asunaro")
• For Hirosaki Bus Terminai via Tohoku-Ōwani ("Yodel")
• For Hachinohe Rapia via Kunohe ("Hassei")
• For Sendai Station ("Urban")
• For Karumai or Ōno ("Win day")
• For Lake Towada ("Towadako")

Departs from the east exit

• For Ōdate Station via Kazuno-Hanawa Station ("Michinoku")
• For Rikuchū-Noda Station via Kuji Station ("Super Kuji")
• For Jōboji or Ninohe Station ("Super Yūyū")
• For Tokyo Station ("Rakuchin", All reserved seats)

[edit] History

• November 1, 1890: Station is opened.
• June 25, 1921: Tazawako Line is started.
• October 10, 1923: Yamada Line is started.
• June 23, 1982: Tōhoku Shinkansen is started.
• March 22, 1997: Akita Shinkansen is started.

[edit] Adjacent stations

East Japan Railway Company

Tōhoku Shinkansen

Shin-Hanamaki Station - Morioka Station - Iwate-Numakunai Station

Tōhoku Main Line

Senbokuchū Station - Morioka Station

Yamada Line

Morioka Station - Kami-Morioka Station

Tazawako Line

Morioka Station - Ōgama Station

Iwate Ginga Railway Company

Iwate Ginga Railway Line

Morioka Station - Aoyama Station

v • d • e Stations of the Tōhoku Shinkansen Tokyo - Ueno - Ōmiya - Oyama - Utsunomiya - Nasushiobara - Shin-Shirakawa - Kōriyama - Fukushima - Shiroishi-Zaō - Sendai - Furukawa - Kurikoma-Kōgen - Ichinoseki - Mizusawa-Esashi - Kitakami - Shin-Hanamaki - Morioka - Iwate-Numakunai - Ninohe - Hachinohe Under Construction (opening December 2010): Shichinohe-Towada - Shin-Aomori Yamagata Shinkansen (branches from Fukushima) Akita Shinkansen (branches from Morioka)

v • d • e Stations of the Akita Shinkansen Morioka - Shizukuishi - Tazawako - Kakunodate - Ōmagari - Akita For stations between Tokyo and Morioka, see Tōhoku Shinkansen

v • d • e Stations of the Tōhoku Main Line Ueno to Kuroiso (aka Utsunomiya Line) Ueno - Oku - Akabane - Urawa- Saitama-Shintoshin - Ōmiya - Toro - Higashi-Ōmiya - Hasuda - Shiraoka - Shin-Shiraoka - Kuki - Higashi-Washinomiya - Kurihashi - Koga - Nogi - Mamada - Oyama - Koganei - Jichi-idai - Ishibashi - Suzumenomiya - Utsunomiya - Okamoto - Hōshakuji - Ujiie - Kamasusaka - Kataoka - Yaita - Nozaki - Nishi-Nasuno - Nasushiobara - Kuroiso Kuroiso to Morioka Kuroiso - Takaku - Kurodahara - Toyohara - Shirasaka - Shin-Shirakawa - Shirakawa - Kutano - Izumizaki - Yabuki - Kagamiishi - Sukagawa - Asaka-Nagamori - Kōriyama - Hiwada - Gohyakugawa - Motomiya - Sugita - Nihonmatsu - Adachi - Matsukawa - Kanayagawa - Minami-Fukushima - Fukushima - Higashi-Fukushima - Date - Kōri - Fujita - Kaida - Kosugō - Shiroishi - Higashi-Shiroishi - Kita-Shirakawa - Ōgawara - Funaoka - Tsukinoki - Iwanuma - Tatekoshi - Natori - Minami-Sendai - Taishidō - Nagamachi - Sendai - Higashi-Sendai - Iwakiri - (Shin-Rifu - Rifu) Rikuzen-Sannō - Kokufu-Tagajō - Shiogama - Matsushima - Atago - Shinainuma - Kashimadai - Matsuyama-Machi - Kogota - Tajiri - Semine - Umegasawa - Nitta - Ishikoshi - Yushima - Hanaizumi - Shimizuhara - Arikabe - Ichinoseki - Yamanome - Hiraizumi - Maesawa - Rikuchū-Orii - Mizusawa - Kanegasaki - Rokuhara - Kitakami - Murasakino - Hanamaki - Hanamaki Airport - Ishidoriya - Hizume - Shiwachūō - Furudate - Yahaba - Iwate-Iioka - Senbokuchō - Morioka Morioka to Hachinohe Discontinued as JR line. Connection is provided via Tōhoku Shinkansen and Iwate Ginga Railway–Aoimori Railway lines. Hachinohe to Aomori Hachinohe - Hachinohe Freight Terminal - Mutsu-Ichikawa - Shimoda - Mukaiyama - Misawa - Kogawara - Kamikitachō - Ottomo - Chibiki - Noheji - Karibasawa - Shimizugawa - Kominato - Nishi-Hiranai - Asamushi-Onsen - Nonai - Yadamae - Koyanagi - Higashi-Aomori - Aomori

v • d • e Stations of the Yamada Line Morioka - Kami-Morioka - Yamagishi - Kamiyonai - Ōshida - Asagishi - Kuzakai - Matsukusa - Hiratsuto - Kawauchi - Hakoishi - Rikuchū-Kawai - Haratai - Moichi - Hikime - Kebaraichi - Sentoku - Miyako - Sokei - Tsugaruishi - Toyomane - Rikuchū-Yamada - Orikasa - Iwate-Funakoshi - Namiita-Kaigan - Kirikiri - Ōtsuchi - Unosumai - Ryōishi - Kamaishi

v • d • e Stations of the Tazawako Line Morioka - Ōkama - Koiwai - Shizukuishi - Harukiba - Akabuchi - Tazawako - Sashimaki - Jindai - Shōden - Kakunodate - Uguishuno - Ugo-Nagano - Yariminai - Ugo-Yotsuya - Kita-Ōmagari - Ōmagari

v • d • e Stations of the Hanawa Line (Morioka - Aoyama - Kuriyagawa - Sugo - Takizawa - Shibutami - ) Kōma - Higashi-Ōbuke - Ōbuke - Tairadate - Kitamori - Matsuo-Hachimantai - Appi-Kōgen - Akasakata - Koyanohata - Arayashimmachi - Yokoma - Tayama - Anihata - Yuze-Onsen - Hachimantai - Rikuchū-Ōzato - Kazuno-Hanawa - Shibahira - Towada-Minami - Suehiro - Dobukai - Sawajiri - Jūnisho - Ōtaki-Onsen - Ōgita - Higashi-Ōdate - Ōdate

v • d • e Stations of the Iwate Ginga Railway Line Morioka - Aoyama - Kuriyagawa - Sugo - Takizawa - Shibutami - Kōma - Iwate-Kawaguchi - Iwate-Numakunai - Midō - Okunakayama-kōgen- Kotsunagi - Kozuya - Ichinohe - Ninohe - Tomai - Kintaichi-Onsen - Metoki

Coordinates: 39°42′05″N 141°08′11″E / 39.701442°N 141.136379°E / 39.701442; 141.136379

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