History
Baishinji Station opened on 1899-07-06 as a temporary stop to serve the Baishinji bathing beach, in what is now Baishinji-chō, Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. It was promoted to a permanent station on 1931-05-01 when the Iyotetsu Takahama Line was electrified. The station carries station number IY02 and consists of two opposed side platforms with the second platform sitting directly behind a railing onto the beach. Platform 1 serves both directions while Platform 2 handles outbound services; an inbound signal and crossover allow Takahama-bound trains to use Platform 1 when high seas threaten Platform 2. The double-track section from Matsuyama-shi ends at Baishinji; the line to Takahama is single track, the result of wartime materials requisition. The station has been unstaffed since 2022-04-01.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Following its appearance in the 1991 Fuji TV drama Tokyo Love Story, where the lead character Rika Akana tied a handkerchief to the platform railing in the final episode, fans have continued to leave handkerchiefs on the railing more than three decades on.