List of stations opened by petition in Japan

In Japan some railway stations were built in response to a petition of the local governments or companies near the new station etc., and the railway company did not bear all construction costs. These are called seigan-eki (請願駅) in Japanese. This article lists some of these stations.

The first station opened by petition on a JR line was Higashi-Koganei Station on the Chūō Main Line, which was opened in 1964 before privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR). This station is located close to a commemoration hall.

Shinkansen stations
Sorted by opening year
 * Mishima1
 * Shin-Hanamaki
 * Mizusawa-Esashi
 * Shin-Fuji
 * Kakegawa1
 * Mikawa-Anjō
 * Shin-Onomichi
 * Higashi-Hiroshima
 * Kurikoma-Kōgen
 * Asa2
 * Honjō-Waseda
 * 1 A station already existed on the Tōkaidō Main Line.
 * 2 A station already existed on the Sanyō Main Line.

JR lines other than Shinkansen
Stations opened after privatization of JNR

JR Hokkaido

 * Ōasa
 * Shinrin-Kōen
 * Hoshimi
 * Sapporo Beer Teien
 * Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku
 * Shin-Fuji
 * Midorigaoka
 * Nishi-Rubeshibe
 * ROYCE' Town
 * Nayorokōkō
 * Hokkaido Ball Park Station (Under construction, to be opened by 2028)

JR East

 * WeSPa-Tsubakiyama
 * Shiwachūō
 * Akitashirakami
 * Ikawa-Sakura
 * Maegata
 * Ishinomakiayumino
 * Izumi-Sotoasahikawa
 * Iwaki-Minato
 * Mangokuura
 * Kokufu-Tagajō
 * Kozurushinden
 * Taishidō
 * Tōshōgū
 * Kitayama
 * Tōhokufukushidaimae
 * Kunimi
 * Kuzuoka
 * Yūbikan
 * Tendō-Minami
 * Kōriyamatomita
 * Takasakitonyamachi
 * Onogami-Onsen
 * Maebashi-Ōshima
 * Hitachino-Ushiku
 * Tamado
 * Yamato
 * Toro
 * Saitama-Shintoshin
 * Kita-Ageo
 * Koshigaya-Laketown
 * Yoshikawaminami
 * Kita-Kashiwa
 * Higashi-Matsudo
 * Makuharitoyosuna
 * Higashi-Koganei
 * Nishifu
 * Hachiōji-Minamino
 * Kobuchi
 * Naruse
 * Tōkaichiba
 * Kamoi
 * Higashi-Totsuka
 * Musashi-Kosugi
 * Odasakae
 * Aoyama
 * Uchino-Nishigaoka
 * Satsukino
 * Suzurannosato
 * Misato
 * Imai
 * Hirata

JR Tokai

 * Aizuma
 * Abekawa
 * Aino
 * Aimi
 * Asahi
 * Mikuriya
 * Nagaizumi-Nameri
 * Nishi-Okazaki
 * Haruta
 * Higashi-Shizuoka
 * Noda-Shimmachi
 * Toyodachō

JR West

 * Himeji-Bessho
 * Kōnan-Yamate
 * Tachibana
 * Rittō
 * Minami-Kusatsu
 * Seta
 * Ono
 * Emmachi
 * Uzumasa
 * Rokujizō
 * JR Fujinomori
 * Matsuiyamate
 * JR Goidō
 * Kitanagase
 * Tōbu-shijō-mae
 * Kure-Portopia
 * Nishigawara
 * Higashiyamakōen
 * Ōmachi
 * Akinagahama
 * Nagaokakyō
 * Tottoridaigakumae
 * Kamisuge
 * Shinkyū-Daigaku-mae
 * Higashi-Onomichi
 * Miyauchi-Kushido
 * Meihō
 * JR Nonoichi
 * Hirokawa Beach
 * Maezora
 * Tamade
 * Nakanohigashi
 * Hesaka
 * Ajina
 * Kimmeiji
 * Waki
 * Kajikuri-Gōdaichi
 * Shimamoto
 * Harima-Katsuhara
 * Motomachi

JR Kyushu

 * Itoshimakōkō-mae
 * Heisei
 * Satsuma-Matsumoto
 * Tomiai
 * Hiroki
 * Nishi-Kumamoto
 * Shin-Tosu
 * Kamimuragakuenmae

Railways other than JR

 * Itakura Tōyōdai-mae (板倉東洋大前駅, Tōbu Nikkō Line)
 * Funabashi-Nichidaimae (船橋日大前駅, Toyo Rapid Railway Line)
 * Arakawa-itchūmae (荒川一中前駅, Toden Arakawa Line)
 * Shinonome (Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line)
 * Haruhino (Odakyū Tama Line)
 * Nikkakagakumae (日華化学前駅, Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line)
 * Yatsushima (八ツ島駅, Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line)
 * Toriimoto (Ohmi Railway Main Line)
 * Ōsaka-Kyōikudai-mae (大阪教育大前駅, Kintetsu Osaka Line)
 * Wakayamadaigakumae (和歌山大学前駅, Nankai Main Line)
 * Tanoura Otachimisaki Park (たのうら御立岬公園駅, Hisatsu Orange Railway)

Closed stations that were opened by petitions

 * Shiriuchi
 * Tsugaru-Imabetsu
 * Kamaya
 * Toyogaoka
 * Hiraishi