History
Mikuriya Station is a petitioned station whose construction was driven by local residents. Iwata residents first submitted a petition in 1987, and the city of Iwata formally requested JR Central to build a new station in 1990. Construction began on 11 June 2016, the name 'Mikuriya' (derived from the former Mikuriya Village) was announced on 6 February 2019, the north-south free passage opened on 7 March 2020 with a completion ceremony, and the station opened for service on 14 March 2020. It was the first new station built on the Tōkaidō Main Line within Shizuoka Prefecture in 19 years, since Aino Station.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Mikuriya is a JR Central station (CA30) with two side platforms widened to five metres each to handle crowds for Júbilo Iwata J.League matches at the adjacent Yamaha Stadium. An elevated free passage crosses both the Tōkaidō Main Line and the parallel Tōkaidō Shinkansen, with north, south, and west exits; the west exit is designed for future park-and-ride. The Kurahisai River runs in a culvert beneath the platforms. The north plaza carries naming rights from Yamaha Motor and is officially called 'Yamaha Motor Revs Circle', marked by a name-board monument.