History
Kami-Furano Station opened on 15 November 1899 with the Hokkaido Government Railway Tokachi Line extension from Biei. The line south to Shimo-Furano (today's Furano) was extended in August 1900. The line passed through several name changes, becoming part of the Furano Line on 10 November 1913. The wooden station premises burned twice — an arson at a trackside warehouse in July 1931 destroyed the freight shed, down-track platform, waiting room and public toilets along with 15 surrounding buildings, and a second arson in June 1933 destroyed the main building. After the 1 April 1987 privatisation JR Hokkaido inherited the station. The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket window closed on 13 March 2026, ending staffed operation.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Within 24 months in the early 1930s, the station's original wooden buildings were destroyed twice by arson — first a 1931 warehouse fire that took the freight shed and waiting room with 15 nearby buildings, then a 1933 restaurant fire that consumed the main station house.