Sources for The Train Station That Kept the Tree in the Way
Published Sep 2, 2026
Sources Used
- Keihan Hyakunen no Ayumi [One Hundred Years of Keihan]
Keihan Electric Railway; Shibusawa Company History Database / 2011-03 / Primary; company history preserved by an archival database
The Doi–Neyagawa Signal Station elevated quadruple-track project, its transportation purpose, and the company history section devoted to the Kayashima Station camphor tree.
Accessed 2026-09-02
- Kako ga Saiteiru Ima: Keihan Kono Junen [The Past Blossoms in the Present: Ten Years of Keihan]
Keihan Electric Railway; Shibusawa Company History Database / 1990-07 / Primary; company chronology preserved by an archival database
The March 16, 1980 opening of the 5.8-kilometer elevated quadruple-track section and the resulting 11.5-kilometer private-railway corridor.
Accessed 2026-09-02
- Kayashima Jinja no Kusunoki [The Camphor Tree of Kayashima Shrine]
City of Neyagawa / 2021-07-01 / Primary; municipal cultural record
Resident requests that prevented removal, the tree’s estimated age, height and circumference, the 1983 landscape award, and selection for Osaka’s green-spaces list.
Accessed 2026-09-02
- Kayashima Shrine
Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau / Undated / Interested-party; official regional tourism record
The shrine’s position beneath the elevated station, incorporation of the tree into the platform, local preservation requests, and reconstruction of shrine facilities with parishioner donations.
Accessed 2026-09-02
- Kayashima Jinja no Kusunoki to Kyozon Suru Eki [The Station Coexisting With Kayashima Shrine’s Camphor Tree]
Osaka Museum / Undated / Primary-context; Osaka cultural-place record
The November 1972 start of the capacity-expansion project, preservation in response to local reverence, and the tree’s designation among Osaka’s notable green spaces.
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- Kayashima Station
Aaron Netsky / 2017-03-14 / Secondary; edited place history
The station’s 1910 opening, the 1970s conflict, the 1980 completion, the platform opening, and later folklore involving fever, a white snake and smoke.
Accessed 2026-09-02
- Kayashima: The Japanese Train Station Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree
Johnny Waldman / 2017-01-31 / Secondary; design and visual-culture report
The expansion chronology, local opposition, folklore, and the physical relationship between the elevated station and tree.
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- Past Collection
Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Awards / Undated / Primary; award archive
Kayashima Station’s encouragement award in the Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Awards.
Accessed 2026-09-02
- Keihan Kayashima Station (01) IMG 5431 20130707.JPG
Ogiyoshisan / 2013-07-07 / Image source; creator-uploaded photograph
The exact appearance of the camphor tree, enclosure, platform and roof opening, plus the public-domain rights declaration.
Accessed 2026-09-02
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Image Sources
- The sacred camphor tree rising through the platform and roof structure at Kayashima Station on the Keihan Main Line.
Ogiyoshisan / 2013-07-07 / Public domain; the copyright holder released the photograph for unrestricted use.
Permission contact: No additional permission required. Preserve the creator and Wikimedia Commons credit for provenance.
Original file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Keihan_Kayashima_Station_%2801%29_IMG_5431_20130707.JPG