History
Tennō Station opened on 26 November 1956 as a Japanese National Railways (JNR) stop on the Oga Line, serving the town of Tennō in Akita Prefecture, and has been unstaffed since opening. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 the station was transferred to JR East. Management responsibility moved from Oiwake to Tsuchizaki on 1 April 2010, Suica acceptance began on 27 May 2023, and the e-net Q-Chiket service launched on 1 October 2024. The single side platform serves a bidirectional track from a small shelter; there is no station building.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.