page_title: Kamoshika
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kamoshika / History
caption_attribution_description: English: JNR 169 series EMU in "New Express" livery with "Kamoshika" express headboard at Kamisuwa Station
context_page_description: The Kamoshika was a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company which ran between Akita and Aomori via the Ōu Main Line. The service was discontinued from December 2010.
context_section_description: The Kamoshika was first introduced on 1 November 1986 as an express service operating between Kami-Suwa, Iida, and Nagano. This service was discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 13 March 1988.
  The Kamoshika name was revived from March 1997 as a limited express service operating between Akita and Aomori, replacing the former Tazawa limited express service which ran between Morioka and Aomori via Akita before the Akita Shinkansen was opened.
  From the start of the revised timetable on 4 December 2010, the Kamoshika services were discontinued, replaced by Tsugaru services, formerly operating between Hachinohe and Hirosaki, which were rerouted to operate between Aomori and Akita.
caption: 169 series EMU with Kamoshika express service headboard stabled at Kami-Suwa Station in 1987
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