History
Furutakamatsu-Minami Station opened on 1 November 1986 as a temporary stop on Japanese National Railways' Kōtoku Line, established late in the JNR era as part of a broader push to add minor local stations. With JNR's privatisation on 1 April 1987, the stop transferred to JR Shikoku and was upgraded to a full station, receiving station number T22. The unstaffed station lies 10.8 km from the Takamatsu terminus and consists of a single side platform with a small shelter; only local trains call. The Tokushima end of the platform once marked the historical boundary between the city of Takamatsu and the former town of Mure.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The pond opposite the station, Hirata-ike, served as the area's drinking-water source until completion of the Kagawa Aqueduct, and its northern edge contains a tumulus traditionally identified as the tomb of Prince Kamikushi-no-Mikoto.