History
Nakanochō Station first opened on 28 December 1913 as a stop on the Chōshi Sightseeing Railway, a short-lived 5.9 km line between Chōshi and Inuboh that closed in November 1917. The route was revived on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway, with Nakanochō reopened on the original alignment. It became a Chōshi Electric Railway station on 20 August 1948 when the operator was renamed. The single side-platform-and-loop station sits 0.5 km from Chōshi and is wedged between the Yamasa soy-sauce factory complex, which surrounds the depot and yard immediately adjacent. The station is staffed during all operating hours, and the line's main offices share the wooden building.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A statue named "Bimbō ga Saru" — "poverty leaves" — was installed on the platform on 4 August 2007 as part of a tie-in with the Momotaro Dentetsu video-game series, and remains a small pilgrimage spot for fans.