Timetable information
Weekday departures: 10/day · Sat & holiday departures: 10/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:23 / 20:44
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (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
- Dosan Line: Tosa-Shinjo ⇄ Tosa-Kure
Location
History
Awa Station opened on 15 November 1939 when the Dosan Line was extended westwards from Susaki to Tosa-Kure in Kōchi Prefecture, then under Japanese Government Railways. The unstaffed stop sits 173.6 km from the line's origin at Tadotsu and is bracketed by Tosa-Shinjō and Tosa-Kure. The original island platform was subsequently simplified to a single side platform, and the remains of a former freight platform are still visible. Control passed to Japanese National Railways and then, on 1 April 1987, to JR Shikoku at privatisation. Today only a small weather shelter stands on the platform, with the station bearing the line identifier K21.
Notes
The station stands close to the Awa coast, and the platform commands a sweeping view of the Pacific Ocean.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-06-09