History
Ōtsumachi Station opened on 29 April 1914 with the Kita-Matsue Line, in present-day Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, operated by the private Ichibata Electric Railway. Contract operation began in 1973 and the original wooden station building, which had become dilapidated, was demolished and replaced by a new structure designed by the Okuhara Architectural Office that was completed on 8 February 2003. On 1 April 2006 operation transferred to Ichibata Densha after the parent transitioned to a holding-company structure, and from 1 October 2021 the station has been unstaffed throughout the day. The two opposed side platforms are linked by a level crossing; in normal operation only the building-side platform is used.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Scenes from the 2010 Shochiku film RAILWAYS — about a 49-year-old who becomes a train driver — were filmed at this station, including the bicycle dash by the protagonist's daughter to deliver news of his mother's illness.