Annaka-Haruna

Known weekday departures: 24/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 24/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:55 / 23:08

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Hokuriku Shinkansen: Karuizawa ⇄ Takasaki

Annaka-Haruna Station opened on 1 October 1997 with the Takasaki-to-Nagano section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, operated by JR East. The site was not in the railway corporation's original 1982 plan, and was added only after sustained lobbying by Gunma Prefecture; the construction plan was formally amended on 29 August 1986. The ground-level station has two side platforms and a staffed Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office, and only a small number of Asama services stop there. In fiscal 2024 average daily boardings stood at 269, well below pre-opening projections of around 1,500.

Because the surrounding area was carved out of forested hills with no nearby settlement, contemporary media nicknamed the station "Mononoke Station" after Studio Ghibli's 1997 film Princess Mononoke.