History
The Asahi-mae name itself dates from 1942, when nearby Tsunbo-ishi Station (聾石駅) — which opened with the Seto Electric Railway on 2 April 1905 — was either relocated and renamed, or closed and replaced by a new station, depending on the source. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on 1 September 1939. A new station building was completed on 19 April 1985. The station was made unstaffed and the centralised station management system was introduced on 31 August 2006, with Transpass following on 16 December 2006 and the manaca IC card on 11 February 2011. A municipal address-block revision on 21 November 2015 changed the location from Asahimae-chō Hirokude to Asahimae-chō 5-chōme. Renovation and a new north-side building entered service on 28 March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Asahi-mae has two opposed side platforms on a ground-level alignment and is unstaffed under a centralised station management system; day-to-day management is handled from Ōzone Station, with Sangō Station providing on-site staff during incidents. The south gate (Sakaemachi-direction track 2) is the original, with the north gate (Owari-Seto-direction track 1) added in March 2018 mainly as a barrier-free entrance for wheelchair users. A footbridge crosses the tracks even after the north gate opened. The south building has a vacant retail tenancy space with closed shutters; the public restroom is outside the building. Before centralised management, the station was opened during early-morning and late-night unstaffed hours, with the driver collecting tickets at the doorway.