History
Matsuhisa Station opened on 25 January 1933 on what is now the Hachikō Line between Yorii and Kodama. The station is in the town of Misato, Saitama — at the time of opening, in the former Matsuhisa village, from which it takes its name. Freight handling ended in 1960, parcel handling in 1974, and the station was destaffed with its passing loop removed in 1982. It passed to JR East at the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways. The old wooden station building was replaced in February 2002 when Suica went live, and a Misato-built log-cabin-style "Matsuhisa Station-Front Information Centre" was attached to the front of the building in April 2012.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When the 2002 replacement station building drew complaints from residents that it "looked like a public toilet," the town of Misato responded by attaching a log-cabin-style information centre to its front in April 2012 rather than waiting for JR East to rebuild again.