It is also the northern terminus of the 83.1 kilometer JR Central Minobu Line.

The privately-owned Fuji-Minobu Railway connected Ichikawa-Daimon Station to Kōfu on 30 March 1928.

Along with the division and privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the joint control of the East Japan Railway Company.

[1] Kōfu Station is located in the heart of Kofu City.

nearby places: Media related to Kōfu Station at Wikimedia Commons