History
Daikanchō Station opened on 16 September 1965 as a stop on the Ōigawa Railway main line, near the administrative centre of the former Kanaya township (now part of Shimada, Shizuoka). The station has a single side platform with a log-cabin–style wooden station building, and is located 3.8 km from the line's terminus at Kanaya. Services were briefly suspended from 17 August 2003 after a landslide near Kamio Station blocked the line. On 1 October 2023 the station became a stop for the newly introduced section-express service.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Despite sitting at the administrative heart of former Kanaya — adjacent to the old town hall, library and sports facilities — Daikanchō sees very few users, with services so infrequent that a Shimada City community bus largely substitutes for rail.