Awa-Nakashima

History

Awa-Nakashima Station opened on 27 March 1936 under the name Awa-Nakajima as an intermediate stop on the first stretch of the Mugi Line, then under construction between Hanoura and Kuwano by Japanese Government Railways. On 15 October 1936 the reading of the name was changed to Awa-Nakashima without altering the kanji. Freight ended in 1970 and parcel handling in 1984. With JNR's 1 April 1987 privatisation, JR Shikoku took over and the station became M11 on the Mugi Line. Converted to outsourced contract staffing on 23 July 1992, it was fully destaffed on 1 September 2010; the original station building was demolished in August 2021 and replaced by a simple waiting room.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.

Notes

A stone monument to Ryūji Yamada — who campaigned for the station's opening — stands in the station forecourt, and a paper figure made by nearby kindergarten children in November 2005 honoured the wandering bearded seal nicknamed Naka-chan in the Naka River.