Kiwa (Wakayama)

History

Kiwa Station opened in 1898 in what is today the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, and was the original Wakayama Station before today's Wakayamashi and modern Wakayama stations were built. It is now an intermediate stop on the JR West Kisei Main Line.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

Kiwa was the city's original Wakayama Station, predating today's Wakayamashi and modern Wakayama stations.