History
Kishimoto Station opened on 10 August 1919 with the inauguration of the Hakubi North Line — now the Hakubi Line — between Hōki-Daisen and Hōki-Mizoguchi, in what is now the town of Hōki, Tottori Prefecture. It is the principal station of the town. The Hakubi North Line was merged into the Hakubi Line on 25 October 1928. Freight services ended on 1 February 1963, parcel services and staffed operation on 1 February 1971, and the station became completely unstaffed on 1 April 2017. It passed to JR West on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of JNR. The station has a single island platform serving two tracks, and the building also houses the Hōki Chamber of Commerce.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.