History
Sagae Station opened on 11 December 1921 as the terminus of the Aterazawa Light Railway when the line was extended one station from Uzen-Nagasaki; it briefly held terminus status until 23 April 1922, when extension to Aterazawa made it an intermediate stop. Freight handling ended in November 1982 and parcels in February 1984. The station passed to JR East at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. Relocation roughly 100 m toward Minami-Sagae was carried out in 2001–2002, and the current elevated station building with a free passage opened on 16 February 2002. Suica became usable on the Yamagata side on 16 March 2024. The station hosts the Aterazawa Line management office and a maintenance depot.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Because the Aterazawa Line carries the nickname "Fruit Line", Sagae's station signs are designed in the shape of cherries — the area's signature fruit.