[1] The station name pays tribute to Toyotaka Komiya [ja], a Japanese literary critic and student of writer Natsume Sōseki.

Born in Miyako, Komiya is known as the model for the character of Sanshirō in Sōseki's novel of the same name.

[2] Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station is served by the Tagawa and is located 8.2 km from the starting point of the line at Yukuhashi.

[3] The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track.

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