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Matogata Station

railway station in Himeji, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
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Summary

Matogata Station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month, #182 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Himeji[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Connecting line: Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line[5]
  • Operator: Sanyo Electric Railway[6]
  • Adjacent station: Ōshio Station[7], Yaka Station[8]
  • Station code: SY 36[9]
  • Commons category: Matogata Station[10]
  • Inception: August 19, 1923[11]
  • Coordinate location: 34.7797, 134.742[12]
  • Number of platform tracks: 2[13]
  • Date of official opening: August 19, 1923[14]
  • Name in kana: まとがたえき[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 4[16]
  • State of use: in use[17]

Why It Matters

Matogata Station has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Japan

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51993|batch #51993]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 10w ago · K8hishi · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in kana → まとがたえき
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Name in kana: まとがたえき, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262380|batch #262380]]"
  3. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Coordinates → —
    Aliases → —
    State of use → in use
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:ماتوگاٹا اسٹیشن]]"
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