Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 15/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 15/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 5:47 / 21:06
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 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).
Adjacent stations
- Ibusuki Makurazaki Line: Kaimon ⇄ Satsuma-Kawashiri
Location
History
Higashi-Kaimon Station opened on 22 March 1960 as a stop on the JNR Ibusuki Line, in what is now the Kaimon Jicchō district of Ibusuki. It began life as an unstaffed station handling passengers from railcars only. The line was renamed the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line on 31 October 1963, and at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the stop transferred to JR Kyushu. The above-ground station has a single side platform with one track and no station building, just a small passenger shelter on the platform.
Notes
The platform sign carries an illustration of a horse, a nod to the riding club at the nearby foot of Mount Kaimon.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Fwnb · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-08-18