Hon-Chiba is among the older stations of Japan, having opened as  on the Bōsō Railway on 25 February 1896. It was renamed to its present name on 28 January 1902. On 1 September 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II.
Hon-Chiba is one of Japan's older railway stations, having opened on 25 February 1896 as part of the Bōsō Railway. It was later renamed to its current name on 28 January 1902. In 1907, the Bōsō Railway became nationalized and joined the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), which would eventually become the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II.