History
Hiroto Station opened on 1954-12-25 as a stop on the Japanese National Railways Gonō Line in what is now the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture. JR East took over operations at the 1987-04-01 privatisation. On 2010-04-01 the station's management transferred from Fukaura Station to Goshogawara Station, and Eki-net Q Chiket service began on 2024-10-01. The unattended ground-level stop sits 70.8 km from the southern terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro, with a single side platform and a small weather shelter as its only structure. It is reached only by Japan National Route 101 and the Sea of Japan shoreline.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A high fence runs between the platform and the Sea of Japan shoreline to shield the tracks from storm waves.