Kirishima-Onsen

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Kirishima-Onsen Station began on 11 July 1908 as Makizono Station, a freight-only station on the Kagoshima Main Line; passenger service was added on 10 July 1909. On 17 October 1927 the Yatsushiro–Yoshimatsu–Kagoshima portion of the Kagoshima Main Line was separated to become the Hisatsu Line, taking the station with it. The station was renamed Kirishima-Nishiguchi on 15 January 1962, and freight ended later the same year. Baggage handling ended in 1984. The station became unstaffed on 1 November 1986 but kept staffing for ticket and gate operations until 1990, when it was fully unstaffed. JR Kyushu inherited it at the 1 April 1987 privatisation. The current name, Kirishima-Onsen, dates from 15 March 2003. From 2004 to 2010 it operated under simple consignment before reverting to fully unstaffed.

The station has been renamed twice since it opened as Makizono in 1908: to Kirishima-Nishiguchi on 15 January 1962, and to Kirishima-Onsen on 15 March 2003. The Kirishima Onsen hot-spring district lies in the surrounding area.