History
Asagaya Station (JC 08 / JB 05) is a JR East Chūō Main Line station in Asagaya-Minami 3-chōme, Suginami, Tokyo, served by both the Chūō Line Rapid (on weekdays) and the Chūō-Sōbu Line Local. The 1922 opening was the result of a local petition: between the existing Nakano and Ogikubo stations there was no rail access for villagers in Asagaya, so landowner Kibei Aizawa offered his entire holdings to the Ministry of Railways. Initially rebuffed, the petition succeeded on 15 July 1922. The line was quadrupled and elevated by 3 April 1966, allowing local trains to terminate from Nakano onto the through-line with the Tōzai Line interchange. JR East took over on 1 April 1987, and a renovated station building with the 'Beans Asagaya' commercial complex opened on 18 October 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Asagaya Station exists thanks to landowner Kibei Aizawa, who in the 1910s offered the entire site of his Asagaya property to the Ministry of Railways to win government approval — and from 7 July 2014, the platform's departure melody is the children's song 'Tanabata-sama' to mark Asagaya's famous Tanabata Festival.