History
Higashi-Funaoka Station opened on 1 April 1968 as Yokohashi Station on the Maruko Line of Japanese National Railways, serving the town of Shibata in southern Miyagi. When the line was transferred to the third-sector operator Abukuma Express on 1 July 1986, the station was renamed Higashi-Funaoka and rebuilt as a passing point with two opposing platforms. It is unattended today, and its toilet block carries the distinctive Abukuma Express livery. The station promotes itself locally as a place known for cherry blossom and chrysanthemum displays, and it sits next to the JGSDF Camp Funaoka.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Stationside toilets are painted in the Abukuma Express train livery rather than standard JR colours.