Masaki (Ehime)

History

Masaki Station opened on 4 July 1896 as a stop on the South Iyo Railway, which became the Iyo Railway Gunchū Line on 1 May 1900 when South Iyo merged into Iyotetsu. The station has been continuously staffed since opening and remains a key node on the line — together with Yōgo it is designated a transit-interchange and serves as the layover point for short-turn services. The present station building may date back to the 1896 South Iyo opening, but no records survive to confirm this.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.

Notes

Matsumae was historically a fishing village, and "Otata-san" — itinerant fishwives — would board at Masaki Station with seafood carried on shoulder-poles to sell in the castle town of Matsuyama.