History
Shinano-Tokiwa Station opened on 2 November 1915 as Tokiwa Station, a passenger-only Shinano Railway stop between Shinano-Matsukawa and what was then Hotokezaki on the route to Matsumoto. The Shinano Railway electrified its line on 8 January 1926 and the system was nationalised on 1 June 1937, at which point the station was renamed Shinano-Tokiwa and began handling freight. Freight ended on 30 January 1971, parcel handling on 1 February 1984, and the station was destaffed on 1 October 1985. It passed to JR East at the 1987 JNR privatisation, a simple station building replaced the previous structure in December 2005, and the surrounding stretch of the Ōito Line was incorporated into the Tokyo suburban zone on 14 March 2026.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A signboard on the platform advertises Shinano-Tokiwa as the access station for Mount Gaki, although getting from the platform to the trailhead requires a taxi.