History
Sekiterasu-mae Station opened on 11 December 1986 with the third-sector transfer of the JNR Etsumi-Nan Line to the Nagaragawa Railway, under the original name Hamonokaikan-mae (刃物会館前駅) — "in front of the Cutlery Hall" — as a requested station serving Seki's eponymous cutlery industry. It was renamed Sekiterasu-mae on 12 March 2022 when the adjacent "Sekiterasu" tourist complex opened. The station carries number 6.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.
Notes
The station is a single-platform unstaffed halt with a bench in the middle of the platform. It can be entered from both the Sekiguchi-side and Seki-side ends. The platform sits on the left looking toward Hokunō, which is the opposite side of the tracks from the Sekiterasu complex and the Feather Museum (Feather Safety Razor's company museum). A large shopping centre with a cinema lies just southwest of the station.