Higashi-Shizuoka Station is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).LinesHigashi-Shizuoka Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and lies 177.7 rail km from the line's terminus at Tokyo Station.Station historyHigashi-Shizuoka Station opened on October 30, 1998 as part of an urban renewal redevelopment of a portion of the former Higashi-Shizuoka Freight Terminal. A large-scale convention center next to the train station opened in 1999. These developments were intended to encourage further investment towards the east of Shizuoka city centre.