History
Shimo-Imaichi Station opened on 1929-07-07 as the provisional terminus of Tobu's Nikko Line after its partial extension from Shin-Kanuma. The line reached its present end at Tobu-Nikko on 1929-10-01, and on 1929-10-22 the Shimotsuke Electric Railway -- precursor of Tobu's Kinugawa Line -- moved its starting point from Shin-Imaichi to here. Tobu absorbed the Shimotsuke Electric Railway on 1943-05-01, renaming the branch the Kinugawa Line. A full Showa-era retro refurbishment of the station building was completed on 2017-07-23, together with the new Shimo-Imaichi Engine Depot and a turntable acquired from JR West's Nagatoshi Station; steam-hauled SL Taiju services started in August 2017. The original 1929 footbridge was added to the national Register of Tangible Cultural Properties on 2017-10-27.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Above the station entrance the name is rendered right-to-left in old-style characters as "驛市今下", and the building's pre-war and immediate post-war poster reproductions are part of a deliberate Showa-era retro fitout.