Higashi-Sano

Weekday departures: 147/day · Sat & holiday departures: 147/day

First / last departure (weekday): 4:40 / 24:47 (00:47 next day)

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (9)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• JR Hanwa Line: Izumi-Hashimoto ⇄ Kumatori

Higashi-Sano Station opened on 9 January 1939 as Izumigaoka Station, built to serve the Izumigaoka housing development promoted by a Hanwa Electric Railway investment subsidiary. Absorbed into Nankai's Yamate Line in December 1940 and renamed Higashi-Sano on 1 May 1944 when the line was nationalised, it passed to JR West at the 1987 privatisation. ICOCA service began on 1 November 2003 and station numbering JR-R43 was introduced in March 2018. The staffed ticket window closed on 10 April 2025; the station is otherwise a commission-operated stop, with station duties contracted to JR West's subsidiary JR Nishi-Nihon Kōtsū Service and no staff present in the early morning or late evening.

Daily ridership of 1,025 in fiscal 2024 made Higashi-Sano the least-used station on the Hanwa Line north of Hineno.