History
Yashima Station opened on 1 August 1925 as an intermediate stop when the Ministry of Railways' Kōtoku Line was extended eastwards to Shido, replacing temporary terminus arrangements at neighbouring locations. The station was placed under outsourced staffing in 1984 and freight handling had ended in 1970. With Japanese National Railways' 1987 privatisation, control passed to JR Shikoku and the station was briefly unstaffed before staff were reinstated the following year; from 1992 it was operated through the JR Shikoku Group's Willie Winkie bakery, then from 2009 by the local Furutakamatsu community council. ICOCA support began on 14 March 2020 (Takamatsu direction only). Since March 2025 all Uzushio limited expresses stop here. The station retains a designation as a stop tied to the Genpei War.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Yashima's station signboard carries the comment "a station associated with the Battle of Yashima," referencing the famed 1185 Genpei War clash on the adjacent peninsula.