RotW is my Railways of the Warrior project. Visiting all the Japanese train stations with Fuji in the name & the 12 castles with the original keep still standing wasn’t enough to satisfy my love of lists, so now I’m working through all the stations with Musashi in their name.

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Name in kanji : 部首唐沢
Kanji meaning: unclear – is it ‘foreign marsh’ or is it named for a nearby river?
Station opened : 16th December, 1934
Trainlines: Tobu Ogose
# Passengers daily : 3000
Distance from CityHillsAndSea HQ: 116 km
Located in: Ogose-machi, Saitama Prefecture

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Things to Do

erm… there’s a plum farm? Here’s their homepage – they do farm stays and things like that if that’s your jam.

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All About Bushu Karasawa Station

Just up the track from Bushu-Nagase you can find this little nugget of normal.

There is really very little point in getting off the train here unless you have a driving lesson, go to school nearby or live in the area. This is not a diss – it is a mere fact which I am pointing out.

You’d be better staying on the train and getting off at the terminus, Ogose.

I’m reliably informed that there is a lot more to do here: hikes and the like.

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Station Rating

It is a station. It serves a couple of driving schools, a couple of school schools … and a lot of people who live in the area. There’s nothing wrong with that whatsoever, but this is down there with Musashi-Shiraishi in terms of things to do.

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Bushu Karasawa Station Gallery

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