History
Tonomi Station opened on 17 March 1898 as a stop on the San'yō Railway when the line was extended from Tokuyama to Mitajiri (now Hōfu). The railway was nationalised in 1906 and the route renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. Freight handling ended on 1 September 1962, parcel handling ceased on 1 February 1984, and the station passed to JR West at the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987. The original opening-era station building remained in use until 18 February 2023 before being replaced; the new building, larger than the simple structure JR West first proposed and partly funded by Hōfu City as a community space, opened on 17 December 2023.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When JR West proposed replacing the aging station with a 12-square-metre minimal shelter, Hōfu City objected and instead funded a larger building that preserves the silhouette of the original 1898 structure while doubling as a community space.