History
Kamuriki Station opened on 31 January 1937 as the Kamuriki Signal Stop on the Ministry of Railways' Shinonoi Line, taking its name from nearby Mount Kamuriki. It was upgraded to a passenger station on 1 April 1945 (passengers only). Parcel handling ended and the station was destaffed on 31 March 1972; a simple-commission arrangement was put in place on 25 April that year. The station passed to JR East at the 1987 JNR privatisation, and its managing station was transferred from Akashina to Matsumoto on 1 June 2016. Station numbering SN12 was assigned in February 2025, Suica service began on 15 March 2025, and the station was simultaneously absorbed into the Tokyo suburban zone.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station was opened in a deliberately remote spot — chosen as a signal stop rather than to serve a settlement — so the surrounding area still has essentially no residences or buildings, despite the station's 80-year operating history.