Nemuro Station
Nemuro Station is a railway station in Nemuro, Hokkaido. The station is the eastern terminus of the Nemuro Main Line and the easternmost railway station in Japan.
Layout
Nemuro Station has a single side platform.
The station serves as Nemuro's central bus terminal, with scheduled overnight service to Sapporo via Nakashibetsu, two or three daily services to Kushiro, and multiple daily services to Nakashibetsu Airport, as well as local bus routes. Sightseeing buses operate to Cape Nosappu during summer months.
History
The station opened on August 5, 1921. It has been the easternmost train station in Japan from 1921 to 1929, from 1959 to 1961, and from 2025. From 1929 to 1959, the easternmost station was on the Nemuro Takushoku Railway in Habomai on the Nemuro Peninsula. From 1961 to 2025, there was Higashi-Nemuro Station on the Nemuro Main Line's eastern approach to Nemuro.