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Why the subway station is "Higasinakano" and the railway staton is "Higashi nakano"?
There may be a history. (I believe)
In the Meiji era, there is no word or name of place, "Higasinakano."
When they constructed a railway and stations, a station at the westward from here was named "Nakano" which is a old name of land and had been used for more than a century.
The urbanization of Tokyo progressed and many people became dwelling around here which would be new passengers for the train. So the railway company made a new station named Higashi Nakano( East of Nakano).
And it passed a time long enough to forget the old land name and of the dwellers to think their address is Higasinakano.
After then, people have used Higasinakano and not "Higasi nakano".
Only the Japan Railway company keep to use the old words.
(東中野 Higasinakano, Nakano ward)