Timetable information
Weekday departures: 26/day · Sat & holiday departures: 26/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:27 / 22:37
Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (2)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- JR Bantan Line: Takeda (Hyogo) ⇄ Nii (Hyogo)
Location
History
Aokura Station sits on the JR West Bantan Line in the city of Asago, Hyōgo Prefecture, 55.6 kilometres from the line terminus at Himeji. It opened on 10 August 1934 and passed to JR West with the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. The station is unstaffed and consists of a single ground-level side platform serving a bidirectional track. Its name derives from Aokura Shrine, about five kilometres east of the station, popularly venerated in Japan as the "God of Eyes". In fiscal 2016 the station averaged 52 passengers per day.
Notes
The station is named after Aokura Shrine some five kilometres east, traditionally venerated as the "God of Eyes".
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Chacmool · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18