Arato

Weekday departures: 8/day · Sat & holiday departures: 8/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:00 / 18:28

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (1)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 5 May 2026.

• Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line: Shikinosato

Arato Station, the terminus of the Flower Nagai Line in Shirataka, Yamagata, opened on 22 April 1923 when the Nagai Line was extended from Ayukai. Freight handling ended on 10 March 1981 and parcel handling on 1 February 1984. The station passed briefly to JR East with the 1987 privatization of Japanese National Railways before being transferred to the third-sector operator Yamagata Railway on 25 October 1988. The station became unstaffed on 1 April 1996, was selected as one of the Tōhoku Top 100 Stations in 2002, and reopened with a renovated station building on 20 April 2003. Yamagata Railway's rolling-stock depot adjoins the station, housing the YR-880 series cars.

The Mogami River bridge just beyond the station — a rare Meiji-era double Warren truss — is designated a Civil Engineering Heritage site by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.