History
Tōnohama Station opened on 1 July 2002 as an intermediate stop on the Tosa Kuroshio Railway's new Asa (Gomen–Nahari) Line in Yasuda, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, 37.0 km from the line's origin at Gomen. The station is built on an embankment with a single side platform serving one track, reached by either a short flight of steps or a ramp. There is no station building — only an enclosed-plus-open platform shelter, with a separate waiting room, toilet and bike shed laid out in the spacious forecourt. The third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway operates the station, which carries station number GN24.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Tōnohama's mascot "Tōnohama Hen-kun" wears the white pilgrim garments and straw hat of the Shikoku Pilgrimage — the station is the nearest stop to Kōnomine-ji, the 27th temple on the trail, and pilgrims use it year-round.