History
Mashū Station opened on 15 August 1929 as Teshikaga Station with the Ministry of Railways' extension of the Senmō Main Line from Shibecha to Teshikaga, taking its original name from the host town. Freight handling ended on 10 September 1982 and luggage handling on 1 February 1984. Ownership passed to JR Hokkaido on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of Japanese National Railways. The station was renamed Mashū on 20 November 1990, when the present wooden gabled building, evoking the silhouette of Mount Mashū, was completed at a cost of about ¥83 million, ¥45 million of which was contributed by Teshikaga Town. The station remains staffed with a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office and serves as the operational hub for the surrounding Senmō Main Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Mashū's plaza monument is lit in "Lake Mashū blue" on summer nights, the adjacent foot bath "Poppoyu" draws unfiltered hot-spring water, and the station building itself pipes potable hot-spring water indoors.