Baishinji

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Baishinji Station opened on 6 July 1899 as a temporary stop to serve the Baishinji bathing beach, in what is now Baishinji-chō, Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. It was promoted to a permanent station on 1 May 1931 when the Iyotetsu Takahama Line was electrified. The station carries station number IY02 and consists of two opposed side platforms, with the second platform sitting directly behind a railing onto the beach. Platform 1 serves both directions while Platform 2 handles outbound services; a down home signal and a crossover allow Takahama-bound trains to use Platform 1 when high seas threaten Platform 2. The double-track section from Matsuyama-shi ends at Baishinji; the line to Takahama is single track, the result of wartime materials requisition. The station has been unstaffed since 1 April 2022.

Following its appearance in the 1991 Fuji TV drama Tokyo Love Story, where the lead character Rika Akana tied a handkerchief to the platform railing in the final episode, fans have continued to leave handkerchiefs on the railing more than three decades on.