History
Shinanomachi Station opened on 9 October 1894 as a station on the Kobu Railway when its Shinjuku - Ushigome section came into service, in present-day Shinjuku, Tokyo. The Kobu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1906, and on 12 October 1909 the station came under the Chuo East Line (renamed the Chuo Main Line from 1911). Freight handling was discontinued on 1 February 1941 and parcel handling on 1 December 1963. The station building was rebuilt on 11 June 1980, and a new eight-storey "JR Shinanomachi Building" opened above the platforms on 26 February 1993, with the ground floor housing the ticket gates. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under JR East. Suica IC card use began on 18 November 2001, and platform doors began operation on 22 June 2020.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Shinanomachi Station serves the Soka Gakkai headquarters complex, including the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu, and is also a major access point for Meiji Jingu Stadium and the Keio University Medical School Hospital.