History
Bokoi Station opened on 29 December 1935 as a Railway Ministry passenger-and-baggage simple station, served only by gasoline railcars. It was promoted to a full passenger station on 10 June 1940. Baggage handling ended on 15 May 1980, staff were withdrawn on 31 March 1984, and the station became a contractor-staffed (kan'i itaku) stop the next day, with Muroran Co-op handling counter duties. Operation passed to JR Hokkaido at privatisation on 1 April 1987. The contractor role expanded in 1999. The original wooden depot from 1935 remains in use today on the south side of the platforms.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Each May the station sells a "Mother's Day commemorative ticket" — the name Bokoi contains the kanji for "mother" (母) and "love" (恋), making the play on words a long-running local tradition.