History
Shikauchi Station opened on 25 March 1958 when Japanese National Railways added it, together with Gakuden Station, to the Furano - Naka-Furano section of the Furano Line in central Hokkaido. It has always handled passenger traffic only, with no station staff. At privatisation on 1 April 1987 the stop came under the control of JR Hokkaido, and its small waiting shelter was rebuilt in October 1999. In June 2023 the station was among 42 across the JR Hokkaido network identified as candidates for closure on grounds of very low patronage; current usage is the lowest on the Furano Line, and some local trains pass through without stopping.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The name 'Shikauchi' comes from the Shikauchi Farm, set up in 1897 when the surrounding land — originally a direct holding of Sapporo Agricultural College — was sold off to its lecturer Toyotaro Shikauchi.