History
The station opened on 20 November 1934 as Ishikari-Futomi, a general-purpose stop on the Sasshō Southern Line between Sōen and Ishikari-Tōbetsu (today's Tōbetsu). It was folded into the unified Sasshō Line in October 1935 when the southern and northern branches were joined. Japanese National Railways inherited operation in 1949 and JR Hokkaido took over at privatisation on 1 April 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 1990 in a Swedish style reflecting Tōbetsu's sister-city tie with Leksand. Electric service began on 1 June 2012 when the line between Sōen and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku was electrified. The 'Ishikari' prefix was dropped on 12 March 2022.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The 1990 station building was designed in a Swedish style with a central clock tower because Tōbetsu is a sister city of Leksand, Sweden, and the exterior cladding and window frames were imported from Sweden.