History
Bizen-Mikado Station opened on 15 November 1904 as Mikado Station with the inauguration of the Chūgoku Railway's Kibi Line, in present-day Kita-ku, Okayama. The Chūgoku Railway's rail division was nationalised on 1 June 1944, at which point the station was renamed Bizen-Mikado to distinguish it from Mikado Station in Chiba Prefecture. Parcel handling ended and the station became a contracted operation on 1 November 1971. With JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West, and ICOCA service began on 1 September 2007. The single ground-level side platform accommodates only four cars, requiring door-cutting when longer trains were used during peak periods; the platform is bracketed by level crossings at both ends.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Because the four-car platform is sandwiched between two level crossings, the longer trains that once stopped here in the morning peak left part of the train blocking the crossing — the barriers stayed down until the train pulled out.