Timetable information
Weekday departures: 40/day · Sat & holiday departures: 40/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:02 / 23:30
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (4)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 11 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- Aoimori Railway Line: Nishi-Hiranai ⇄ Nonai
Location
History
The station opened on 1 September 1891 as Asamushi Station on the privately built Nippon Railway, became a Government Railways stop after nationalisation on 1 November 1906, and lost regular freight handling in February 1962. Landslides near the station in July 1966 cut the line, prompting a temporary station to be set up on the Nonai side of the affected stretch with bus substitution from there to Asamushi until services were restored in August; the Asamushi Tunnel came into use on 10 March 1967, a week ahead of schedule. The station was renamed Asamushi-Onsen on 1 November 1986, came under JR East at the 1987 JNR split, and was selected to Tōhoku's One Hundred Best Stations in 2002. The section was transferred to the Aoimori Railway Company on 4 December 2010 with the Tōhoku Shinkansen's extension to Shin-Aomori.
Notes
A free foot bath sits beside the station building; towels can be borrowed from the ryokan union's information desk inside the station, and although the foot bath was originally usable around the clock, it is now closed at night for security reasons.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18