History
Kikugawa Station opened on 16 April 1889 as Horinouchi Station when the government railway's Tōkaidō Main Line was extended between Shizuoka and Hamamatsu. From August 1899 until May 1935 a horse-drawn tramway, later known as the Horinouchi Tramway, terminated at the station forecourt. The station was renamed Kikugawa on 10 April 1956, regular freight operations ended in March 1975, baggage handling ceased in March 1985, and a Midori-no-madoguchi reserved-seat counter opened in February 1987. JR Central took over at the April 1987 privatisation, TOICA fare-card service began on 1 March 2008, and station numbering CA26 was assigned in March 2018. A new overhead concourse and free passageway opened on 29 March 2026.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The line bypasses the historic Tōkaidō post town of Nissaka via a notorious 400-metre-radius curve between Kanaya and Kikugawa — local lore blames tea-farmer opposition, though historians attribute it to the engineering of the time.