History
Nishi-Sakawa Station opened on 30 March 1924 when the then Kōchi Line — later renamed the Dosan Line — was constructed from Susaki to Kusaka by the Ministry of Railways. Located in the town of Sakawa in Kōchi Prefecture, the station originally served as the planned junction for a never-built branch to Matsuyama via Ochi. Control passed to JR Shikoku at the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987, and it became unstaffed on 1 September 2010. In 2016 JR Shikoku transferred the building to the Sakawa town authorities, who renovated it; on 23 February 2017 the Niyodo Blue Tourism Association moved in and established a tourist information centre. Mixed platforms serve three tracks under the number K12.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
On 22 March 1950 an Imperial train carrying Emperor Hirohito stopped at the station for five minutes during his postwar tour, with a welcome held outside the building.