History
Shirakibaru Station opened in 1946 as a temporary station on what is now the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line, and was upgraded to permanent on 6 May 1950. The station building was rebuilt in September 1964, and a station-square redevelopment on the west side completed in 2003 introduced a bus turnaround for the Ōnojō City community-bus service. On 1 March 2007 the station moved to a prefabricated temporary building split between east and west, abolishing the in-yard footpath crossing. The nimoca IC card system was introduced on 18 May 2008, and the station was elevated on 28 August 2022 as part of the Zasshonokuma–Shimoōri grade-separation project, with main work expected to finish in May 2024.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Until the post-1972 closure of the adjacent US Air Force base, the street alongside the station was lined with Western tailors and shops serving American service members; locals called it "Base-dōri".