History
Sawa Station opened on 25 February 1897 in what is now Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on the route that is today the Joban Line. Operation passed to JR East upon the 1 April 1987 privatisation of the Japanese National Railways. The station is 125.3 km from the line origin at Nippori and is staffed, with two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. Sawa serves as a local commuter stop for Hitachinaka and its surrounding districts, with adjacent points of interest including Kasamatsu Stadium and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base at Camp Katsuta.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.