Kazusa-Okitsu

History

Kazusa-Okitsu Station opened on 1 April 1927 on the Sotobō Line in present-day Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture. The extension from Katsuura had begun in July 1925 and required heavy tunnelling along the Bōsō coast; the line subsequently continued south. Freight and parcels handling were both discontinued on 11 May 1971, leaving the station with passenger service only. Upon the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station was transferred to JR East, and on 14 March 2009 it was added to the Greater Tokyo IC-card zone with the introduction of Suica.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.

Notes

The trackside path linking the station to the prefectural road took years to clear because affected residents along the route were slow to relocate, an unusual delay even for a rural Sotobō stop.