Takashimaguchi

Weekday departures: 32/day · Sat & holiday departures: 32/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:41 / 22:10

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (3)

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• Nishi-Kyushu Line: Imabuku

Takashimaguchi Station is on the Matsuura Railway Nishi-Kyūshū Line in Imabuku-machi, Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture. The station opened on 10 March 1990 as Imabuku-Takashimaguchi Station, was renamed Takashimaguchi Station on 3 October 1994, and on 11 May 2015 was given the nickname "Gateway to the Mongol-Invasion Island of Takashima" reflecting its role as the railhead for Takashima — the site of the final Mongol invasion. Matsuura is on the northern part of the Kita-Matsuura Peninsula and faces the Genkai Sea and Imari Bay. According to the city's Wikipedia article, Matsuura is the birthplace of the Matsuura Party (Matsuura-tō) of mediaeval warriors, prospered through the Kita-Matsu coalfield in the early twentieth century, and today claims to be Japan's number-one ajiage (horse mackerel) port — formally proclaiming itself the "Holy Land of Aji Fry" on 27 April 2019.

Per the Matsuura article, the Matsuura Line (predecessor of the present Nishi-Kyūshū Line) was transferred from JNR/JR to the third-sector Matsuura Railway on 1 April 1988, just under two years before this station opened.