History
Shirōgahara Station is on the JR West Mine Line in Higashiatsu-chō, Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 13.2 km from the junction with the Sanyō Main Line at Asa. It opened on 13 September 1905 as the Sanyō Railway extended its line between Asa and Ōmine. The Sanyō Railway was nationalised on 1 December 1906; the route was designated the Ōmine Line in 1909 and reorganised into the Mine Line in 1924 (the writing changed from 美禰 to 美祢 in 1963). Freight handling ended on 1 February 1962, parcel handling on 1 February 1984, and the station was unstaffed on 1 February 1985. It passed to JR West on 1 April 1987. Service has been suspended twice by Asa River flooding — once after 15 July 2010 (restored 26 September 2011), and again from 1 July 2023.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Shirōgahara is at none of the three Sanden Kōtsū bus stops in the area — "Kawahigashi", "Enokahara", and "Shirōgahara" — all of which lie on Yamaguchi Prefectural Route 33 across the Asa River from the station, putting every bus connection on the far side of a bridge.