History
Kobuchizawa Station opened on 21 December 1904 when the Railway Board's Chūō Main Line was extended between Nirasaki and Fujimi, handling passenger and freight traffic. The Koumi South Line (today's Koumi Line) reached the station on 27 July 1933, making it that route's western terminus. Operations passed from the JGR to JNR on 1 June 1949 and then to JR East at privatisation on 1 April 1987. Freight ended in February 1984 and parcel handling in March 1985. A new station building designed by Atsushi Kitagawara Architects opened on 3 July 2017, and Suica IC card use was enabled in April 2014.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Kobuchizawa is reportedly the only station in Japan that still sells hot green tea in traditional ceramic kisha dobin pots — a relic of the days when boxed lunches and tea were sold to passengers through train windows.