Higashi-Hiroshima

Weekday departures: 43/day · Sat & holiday departures: 43/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:59 / 23:31

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (5)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• San'yō Shinkansen: Mihara ⇄ Hiroshima (JR West)

Higashi-Hiroshima Station opened on 13 March 1988 as a stop on the Sanyō Shinkansen, located in the Minaga district about 10 km southwest of central Higashihiroshima. Construction broke ground on 8 February 1986; like Shin-Onomichi, the new station was funded entirely by local contributions of about ¥4.7 billion as a request stop. Initially served by all stopping trains, it was demoted to a Kodama-only stop in November 1997, with some Hikari stops reinstated from March 2008. Automated faregates arrived in 2005; the Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office closed in June 2023.

The station building is styled after a traditional Japanese sake brewery (kura), reflecting the Saijō sake-brewing district nearby.