Higashi-Komoro Station
railway station in Komoro, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Higashi-Komoro Station (東小諸駅, Higashi-Komoro-eki) is a train station in the city of Komoro, Nagano, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Higashi-Komoro Station is served by the Koumi Line and is 77.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobuchizawa Station.
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.
History
Higashi-Komoro Station opened on 10 July 1952. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Higashi-Komoro Station” as railway station in Komoro, Nagano prefecture, Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as railway station in Komoro, Nagano prefecture, Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11526660. Authority coordinates are 36.317, 138.432. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1952 and 1987.
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This entry incorporates text from “Higashi-Komoro Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.