History
Hase Station opened on 16 August 1907 on the Enoshima Electric Railway. The station was rebuilt in 1985 with a new station house on the mountain side (the previous one had stood on the track-1 side). IC-compatible automatic ticket gates were installed in October 2006 and were renewed in September 2015 to the GX8-series Odakyu-specification model. A train-arrival indicator board was added in December 2018 and the current station building, themed "the Enoden that becomes a postcard," was completed in April 2020. On 23 January 2023 a temporary gate on the south side became permanently usable; on 17 February 2024, in preparation for CTC introduction, the internal level crossing was closed and gates were split by direction. Hase carries station number EN12.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.
Notes
Hase is the closest station to several of Kamakura's flagship sights — the Kamakura Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at Kōtoku-in, Hase-dera (Hase Kannon), and the Goryō Shrine — and attracts heavy tourist traffic year-round. Until 23 January 2023 the southern (track-1) gate was a temporary entrance used only during peak periods, but it became fully operational on that date; on 17 February 2024 the in-station level crossing was closed and platform-to-platform transfers within the paid area became impossible. Track 1 has no toilet, so passengers needing to use one must speak to a member of staff at the track-2 gate. A two-storey building beside the gates houses a coffee-chain outlet and a used-clothing store.