Higashi Saigawa Sanshiro

Known weekday departures: 40/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 40/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:31 / 23:43

Busiest hour (known departures): 6:00–7:00 (3)

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 11 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Heisei Chikuho Railway Tagawa Line: Shin-Toyotsu ⇄ Saigawa

Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station opened on 18 March 1993 as a purpose-built infill station on the Heisei Chikuhō Railway's Tagawa Line. The station has a single side platform with a shelter, no station building, and is barrier-free via ramps and stairs. Its unusual full name pays tribute to literary critic Toyotaka Komiya, born in the surrounding town of Miyako, who is traditionally cited as the model for the title character of Natsume Sōseki's novel Sanshirō (which has its protagonist hailing from Miyako-gun). The station serves the Zokumyōin district of Miyako, Fukuoka, and carries the station number HC25.

The "Sanshirō" in the name refers to the protagonist of Natsume Sōseki's novel Sanshirō — Sōseki set the character's birthplace in Miyako-gun, the very district in which the station stands.