History
Moto-Hoshizaki Station opened on 8 May 1917 as a station of the Aichi Electric Railway, in present-day Minami Ward, Nagoya. The name distinguished it from a contemporary Hoshizaki Station on what is now the Meitetsu Tokoname Line, which then bore that designation. The station joined Nagoya Railroad on 1 August 1935 through the merger that created Meitetsu. The Tranpass fare system was introduced on 15 September 2004, accompanying a rebuilt station building and the withdrawal of staff. IC card travel using manaca began on 11 February 2011, and Tranpass service ended in February 2012.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The two side platforms sit on a sharp 360-metre-radius curve, restricting trains to 80 km/h and reducing platform sightlines so much that a monitor for crew use is mounted on platform two.