History
Yamuramachi Station opened on 19 June 1929 on what is now the privately-operated Fujikyuko Line in the city of Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture. The station lies 9.4 km from the line's Ōtsuki terminus on the 26.6 km route to Kawaguchiko, with two side platforms serving two tracks and the station building on the down side. In August 1978 the station was contracted out by the operator, and from 14 March 2015 it began accepting Suica IC cards. On 27 October 2017 the building was registered as a tangible cultural property. The sub-name "Yamura Castle Town" was added on 1 September 2021, and on 1 April 2022 operation transferred to Fujisan-Roku Electric Railway following a rail-business spin-off.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The wooden station building, topped by a weathervane, was registered as a tangible cultural property in 2017 and has appeared in TV dramas including Nippon TV's "Hot Spot" and the film "Mugiko-san to," usually relabelled with a fictional station name.