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is a JR East railway station located in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Its is pronounced Arakawa-oki-eki.LinesArakawaoki Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 57.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.HistoryArakawaoki Station opened on 25 December 1896. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. On 23 March 2008, one person was killed and seven people injured when a man (Masahiro Kanagawa, aged 24) went on a stabbing spree with two knives in the passageway linking the station to the nearby shopping street.Surrounding areaformer Arakawaoki-shukuTsuchiura-Arakawaoki Post OfficeJGSDF Camp Kasumigaura