History
Handaguchi Station opened on 1 April 1931 on the privately operated Chita Railway, which became part of the Meitetsu group on 1 February 1943. The stop was suspended in 1944 and reopened on 3 November 1947 as an unstaffed station, a status it has kept ever since. Platforms were extended from four to six cars in 1987. The Tranpass magnetic-fare system was introduced on 14 March 2007 when the centralised station-management rollout reached the line, and on 1 March 2007 the Nagoya-bound entrance was sealed. Manaca smart-card gates were activated on 11 February 2011.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
The author Niimi Nankichi was born a short walk from the station; his birthplace and memorial museum still draw readers along the Yakachi River, where his story "Gon, the Little Fox" was set.