History
Tosa-Kure Station opened on 15 November 1939 as the western terminus of the Dosan Line when Japanese Government Railways extended the track west from Susaki — the last pre-war segment of the Dosan Line. It became a through-station on 20 October 1947 when the line was extended west to Kageno. Emperor Shōwa's imperial train made a scheduled five-minute stop here in March 1950. Freight handling ended in 1970, parcel handling in 1985, and control passed to JR Shikoku at privatisation on 1 April 1987. Full unstaffing came on 1 October 2010; a kan'i itaku agent later reopened the window. The building was renovated in October 2024 and now houses the Nakatosa tourism association. All limited expresses stop here.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
The station and surrounding town appear in the opening of the 2016 anime film Poppin' Q as the route used by the local heroine, Izumi Kominato, on her way to school.