History
Higashi-Sano Station opened on 9 January 1939 as Izumigaoka Station, built to serve the Izumigaoka housing development promoted by a Hanwa Electric Railway investment subsidiary. Absorbed into Nankai's Yamate Line in December 1940 and renamed Higashi-Sano on 1 May 1944 when the line was nationalised, it passed to JR West at the 1987 privatisation. ICOCA service began on 1 November 2003 and station numbering JR-R43 was introduced in March 2018. The staffed ticket window closed on 10 April 2025; the station is otherwise commissioned to JR West Customer Service with no staff in early morning or late evening.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Daily ridership of 1,025 in fiscal 2024 made Higashi-Sano the least-used station on the Hanwa Line north of Hineno.