History
Nishi-Kanazawa Station opened on 1 August 1912 as a JNR Hokuriku Main Line station between Mattō and Kanazawa, under the original name Nonoichi (the first station of that name; unrelated to the present-day Nonoichi). It was renamed Nishi-Kanazawa on 1 October 1925. Cargo handling was discontinued on 1 February 1984, and at JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the station became part of JR West. A Midori no Madoguchi ticket office opened on 1 July 1992. A long-anticipated overhead station building and east-west free passageway were completed and opened on 2 October 2011, adding a west entrance. ICOCA became available on 15 April 2017. The Midori no Madoguchi closed on 31 October 2022 and the station became unstaffed throughout the day the following day. With the 16 March 2024 extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga, control of the station passed to IR Ishikawa Railway.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The east-side shopping precinct that fronts the station is called the "Nishi-Kane Prince Road" shōtengai, a name dating from 1986 when then-Crown Prince Naruhito's motorcade passed along it after a visit to Nishi-Kanazawa Station.