History
Ikarigaseki Station was opened on October 21, 1895 as a station on the Japanese government railway system, which later became a station the Japan National Railways (JNR). It has been unattended since April 1, 1984. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
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