History
Yoshina Station opened on 17 February 1935 when the Ministry of Railways extended the Sankure Line (now the Kure Line) from Takehara to what is today Yasuura, in present-day Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. Through-completion between Mihara and Kaitaichi on 24 November 1935 placed the station permanently on the Kure Line. Goods handling ended on 6 June 1961 and parcel handling on 1 February 1984. With JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the station came under JR West. ICOCA service launched in September 2007. The unstaffed station has two opposed side platforms reached by stairs from an embankment, connected by a level crossing, and an automatic ticket machine on site.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Yoshina is the birthplace of former Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, and a bust of him stands near a shrine east of the station.