Nippon Railway
Construction of the Ueno–Aomori line of the Nippon Railway and Kominato Station began in the former village of Nakahiranai in 1890. Supplies were unloaded at a nearby port, Asadokoro, and transported to the build site that was centered on Kominato Station. The station was opened to traffic on 1 September 1891. The Nippon Railway originally intended for Kominato Station to be the northern terminus of the rail line, but Aomori Station was eventually selected. During the winter following the station's opening, snow would blow in from the open fields adjacent to the station and the tracks would frequently be blocked by snow. In an attempt to mitigate the snow blockages, trees were planted adjacent to the station in May 1892 to create a barrier between the fields and the railway. It became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR), after the nationalization of the Nippon Railway on 1 November 1906.