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Nishi-Shikama Station

railway station in Himeji, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
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Summary

Nishi-Shikama Station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 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 Aboshi Line[5]
  • Operator: Sanyo Electric Railway[6]
  • Adjacent station: Shikama Station[7], Yumesakigawa Station[8]
  • Station code: SY 51[9]
  • Commons category: Nishi-Shikama Station[10]
  • Inception: October 15, 1940[11]
  • Coordinate location: 34.8033, 134.6514[12]
  • Number of platform tracks: 2[13]
  • Date of official opening: October 15, 1940[14]
  • Name in kana: にししかまえき[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 6[16]
  • State of use: in use[17]

Why It Matters

Nishi-Shikama 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

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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. 6w 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. 11w ago · K8hishi · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in kana → にししかまえき
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Name in kana: にししかまえき, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262380|batch #262380]]"
  3. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → Sanyo Electric Railway
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Himeji
    Connecting line → Sanyo Electric Railway Aboshi Line
    Inception → +1940-10-15T00:00:00Z
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:نیشی شیکاما اسٹیشن]]"
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