History
Fukuno Station opened on 4 May 1897 as the terminus of the Chuetsu Railway extension from a temporary station at Kuroda, becoming a through station three months later when the line was pushed on to Fukumitsu. The Chuetsu Railway was nationalised in 1920 and absorbed into the Chuetsu Line, which was redesignated the Johana Line in 1942. From 1922 until 1972 the station also served the privately operated Kaetsu Line, latterly run by Kaetsunō Railway, whose former alignment now forms part of an industrial site. Freight handling ceased in 1980 and parcel handling in 1985, and the station passed to JR West at the 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The wooden station building, in continuous use since 1897, is the oldest surviving station structure in Toyama Prefecture; an original calligraphic sign removed during 2015 renovations was rescued from a Kanazawa scrap-haul and re-installed on the platform under an acrylic cover.