Torii Station (Aichi)

Torii Station (Japanese: 鳥居駅, Torii-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

The station was named Torii because it is adjacent to the reported death place of Torii Suneemon, a samurai famed for his bravery and death by execution during the siege of Nagashino Castle (Battle of Nagashino) in 1575.

On August 1, 1943, the Hōraiji Railway was nationalized along with some other local lines to form the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Iida Line and the station was renamed to its present name.

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

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