{
  "edition": "2026-11-07",
  "id": "shin-yatsushiro",
  "locale": "en",
  "url": "https://senroam.com/en/stations/shin-yatsushiro/",
  "name": "Shin-Yatsushiro",
  "summary": "For Yatsushiro (八代), change here to the conventional Kagoshima Main Line towards Yatsushiro. The two station names refer to different stops.",
  "type": "station",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "reach-yatsushiro",
      "question": "How do I reach Yatsushiro Station after getting off the Shinkansen?",
      "answer": "At Shin-Yatsushiro (新八代), go to the conventional-line gate and take a Kagoshima Main Line train towards 八代. The opposite direction leads back towards Kumamoto.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29394",
        "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/shinyatsushiroeki_kounaizu20241001.pdf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "駅別時刻表 · 新八代",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29394",
      "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": "2026-11-06"
    },
    {
      "title": "新八代駅構内図",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/shinyatsushiroeki_kounaizu20241001.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": "2024-10",
      "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 marks separate conventional-line and Shinkansen gates. At the conventional-line gate, check the train is heading towards 八代, since the opposite direction returns towards Kumamoto.",
  "related": [
    "/en/services/sakura/",
    "/en/services/tsubame/"
  ],
  "literature": [
    {
      "source": {
        "title": "Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan",
        "author": "Christopher P. Hood",
        "publisher": "Routledge",
        "date": "2006",
        "language": "en",
        "url": "https://www.routledge.com/Shinkansen-From-Bullet-Train-to-Symbol-of-Modern-Japan-1st-Edition/Hood/p/book/9780415444095"
      },
      "locator": "ch. 2, “Kyushu Shinkansen”; fig. 2.4(a/e)",
      "question": {
        "en": "Why does Shin-Yatsushiro matter to the line’s history?",
        "ja": "新八代が新幹線の歴史で重要なのは？"
      },
      "answer": {
        "en": "When the southern section opened in 2004, this was the connection between conventional trains from the north and the Shinkansen to Kagoshima. Hood documents the temporary arrangement that placed the two trains across one platform, before the northern Shinkansen section opened.",
        "ja": "2004年の南側区間開業時、新八代は北から来る在来線列車と鹿児島方面の新幹線をつなぐ駅だった。Hoodの記録には、北側区間の完成まで同じホームの両側で乗り換えられるよう設けられた暫定設備が登場する。"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fieldNotes": [
    {
      "label": "platforms",
      "text": "JR’s plan labels the Shinkansen boarding areas 12 and 13. The ticket gate opens onto a waiting area with separate routes up to the two platforms. The plan marks a lift to each, so check the platform number before taking a lift.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "新八代駅構内図",
          "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
          "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/shinyatsushiroeki_kounaizu20241001.pdf",
          "lang": "ja",
          "checked": "2026-11-07",
          "date": "2024-10",
          "page": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "wayfinding",
      "text": "For an outdoor meeting point, distinguish the bus stop at the east exit (東口) from the west exit (西口) on the conventional-line side. The plan places the tourist information centre (観光案内所) and a taxi stand on the east side as well.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "新八代駅構内図",
          "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
          "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/shinyatsushiroeki_kounaizu20241001.pdf",
          "lang": "ja",
          "checked": "2026-11-07",
          "date": "2024-10",
          "page": 1
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "placeId": "P0008",
  "previous": "kumamoto",
  "next": "shin-minamata",
  "line": "kyushu-shinkansen",
  "timetable": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29394",
  "diagram": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2024/09/30/shinyatsushiroeki_kounaizu20241001.pdf"
}