History
Hida-Ichinomiya Station is a JR Central Takayama Main Line station in Ichinomiya-chō, Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, formerly the central station of the abolished village of Miyamura (dissolved 2005). It opened on 25 October 1934 with the Takayama Line extension. Car-load freight (except for spur-line traffic) ended on 1 October 1962, baggage on 1 February 1984, and the station became unstaffed on 1 April 1985. JR Central and JR Freight took over on 1 April 1987, freight services ended on 30 September 1995, and the JR Freight station was abolished on 1 April 2007.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The station's name comes from the nearby Hida-Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine — the ichinomiya (first-ranked shrine) of historical Hida Province. The shrine's giant sugi (cedar) and Japanese yew are designated natural monuments of Gifu Prefecture and stand about a five-minute walk from the station.