History
Yasugi Station opened on 5 April 1908 as the temporary terminus of the state-built line extended west from Yonago, serving the town of Yasugi in Shimane Prefecture. For more than seven months it was the only railway station in Shimane Prefecture before the line was pushed on to Matsue on 8 November of the same year. A new wooden building replaced the original in 1942, and a two-storey reinforced-concrete building, paid for largely by Yasugi City, was completed on 6 April 1977. Freight handling ended in 1983 and parcel handling in 1986. With the JNR breakup on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR West. A new two-storey wooden building combined with a tourist exchange plaza opened on 10 April 2008, and from 17 December 2016 ICOCA has been accepted via simple readers.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Yasugi Station was the sole railway station in Shimane Prefecture for more than seven months in 1908, between its 5 April opening and the 8 November extension to Matsue.