{
  "edition": "2026-11-07",
  "id": "shin-minamata",
  "locale": "en",
  "url": "https://senroam.com/en/stations/shin-minamata/",
  "name": "Shin-Minamata",
  "summary": "For Minamata (水俣), look for the Hisatsu Orange Railway. The Shinkansen stops at Shin-Minamata (新水俣).",
  "type": "station",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "reach-minamata",
      "question": "Which railway takes me from Shin-Minamata to Minamata Station?",
      "answer": "Change to the Hisatsu Orange Railway (肥薩おれんじ鉄道) and look for 水俣方面, towards Minamata. JR’s station plan shows 八代方面 in the other direction.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2020/05/20/shinminamata_st_kounai.pdf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "駅別時刻表 · 新水俣",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29395",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Dated departures, service names, directions and destinations. Open the time to inspect the stops.",
      "supportJa": "指定日の列車名・方面・行先。時刻を選ぶと停車駅を確認できます。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07",
      "date": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "title": "新水俣駅構内図",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2020/05/20/shinminamata_st_kounai.pdf",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Station signs, gate names and onward directions shown on page 1.",
      "supportJa": "1ページの駅構内図に示された案内表示、改札口名、方面。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07",
      "date": "2020-05",
      "page": 1
    },
    {
      "title": "駅情報一覧 · 九州新幹線",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Ordered corridor stations, kana and conventional-line station listings.",
      "supportJa": "九州新幹線の駅順、読み、在来線の駅一覧。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07"
    }
  ],
  "detail": "JR’s station plan labels the local railway in the directions of Yatsushiro and Minamata. Check the onward operator’s timetable before choosing your connection.",
  "related": [
    "/en/services/sakura/",
    "/en/services/tsubame/"
  ],
  "passes": {
    "reviewed": "2026-11-08",
    "connections": [
      {
        "operator": "Hisatsu Orange Railway",
        "kind": "third-sector",
        "passes": {
          "jrp": {
            "status": "not-listed",
            "sources": [
              "https://japanrailpass.net/en/about_jrp/route/"
            ]
          },
          "jrk": {
            "status": "excluded",
            "sources": [
              "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/railpass/railpass.html"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "literature": [
    {
      "source": {
        "title": "全線全車種全駅 新幹線パーフェクトガイド",
        "author": "佐々倉実",
        "publisher": "講談社",
        "date": "2011",
        "language": "ja",
        "url": "https://www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/products/9784063895476"
      },
      "locator": "p. 42 (PDF leaf 45)",
      "question": {
        "en": "What inspired the station’s exterior?",
        "ja": "駅舎の外観にはどんなイメージがある？"
      },
      "answer": {
        "en": "The 2011 guide describes the exterior through the image of ripples on the Shiranui Sea. Compare that idea with the repeated horizontal forms of the building. Hood also records a sail-inspired design, giving two documented ways of reading the same coastal setting.",
        "ja": "2011年のガイドは、駅舎外観を不知火海のさざなみのイメージとして紹介する。繰り返す水平の線に注目したい。Hoodは帆を思わせる意匠として記録しており、海辺の土地と建築を結ぶ二つの見方がある。"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fieldNotes": [
    {
      "label": "tickets",
      "text": "The Hisatsu Orange Railway stop is unstaffed. Take a numbered boarding slip (整理券) when you board its train. If you already hold a valid ticket or commuter pass for that ride, board without taking a slip.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "時刻表・各駅案内：新水俣駅",
          "url": "https://www.hs-orange.com/station/pub/detail.aspx?c_id=11&station_id=12",
          "publisher": "肥薩おれんじ鉄道",
          "lang": "ja",
          "checked": "2026-11-07"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "wayfinding",
      "text": "For the bus, head for the plaza beside the Shinkansen building. JR’s plan puts the bus stop and taxi rank around the same roundabout. The station waiting room is on the concourse near the Shinkansen gate.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "新水俣駅構内図",
          "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2020/05/20/shinminamata_st_kounai.pdf",
          "publisher": "JR九州",
          "lang": "ja",
          "page": 1,
          "date": "2020-05",
          "checked": "2026-11-07"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "placeId": "P0009",
  "previous": "shin-yatsushiro",
  "next": "izumi",
  "line": "kyushu-shinkansen",
  "timetable": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29395",
  "diagram": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2020/05/20/shinminamata_st_kounai.pdf"
}