History
Kamihoshikawa Station was established on December 1, 1926 as Hoshikawa Station (星川駅, Hoshikawa-eki?) om the Kanchū Railway Company (the predecessor to the present Sagami Railway). The station was given its present name on April 1, 1933. The current station building was completed on November 22, 1972.
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