History
Ishiga Station opened on 25 October 1928 when the Ministry of Railways extended the Hakubi Line south from Bitchū-Kawamo to Adachi, although scheduled trains began calling here only from 25 November of that year. The Shōwa Emperor's imperial post-war tour train made a stop on 11 December 1947. Freight handling ended in 1982, parcel service in 1984, and the station was made unstaffed on 31 March 1984. With JNR's privatisation on 1 April 1987 it became part of JR West. ICOCA acceptance began on 13 March 2021. Simple-agency ticket sales ran from the on-site taxi office until 30 September 2022, after which the station was made permanently unstaffed.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The final scene of the 1991 TBS Yatsuhakamura entry in the Detective Kindaichi Kōsuke series was filmed at this station, where the hero and Inspector Hiwa are shown waiting for a train.