History
Higashi-Toyama Station opened on 1908-11-16 as Higashi-Iwase Station, when the government-built Hokuriku Line was extended from Toyama to Uozu through what was then Toyota Village in Kamiikawa District. On 1913-10-17 a downbound freight and an upbound special collided in the station throat (the "Higashi-Iwase accident"), an event that helped drive the nationwide adoption of catch-points and safety sidings. The station took its present name on 1950-05-20, after a station on the Toyama Port Line had been renamed Higashi-Iwase. It passed to JR West and JR Freight at privatisation on 1987-04-01. With the Hokuriku Shinkansen reaching Kanazawa on 2015-03-14, operation was transferred to Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and a new east entrance opened on 2021-03-28.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A memorial stone for the victims of the 1913 Higashi-Iwase accident -- known as the "Imajo Group Disaster Memorial" -- stands at Hoshu-ji temple in the Tabata district of Toyama City.