Hirowara

Weekday departures: 16/day · Sat & holiday departures: 16/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:10 / 22:32

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.

• Kitto Line: Kobayashi (Miyazaki) ⇄ Takaharu

Hirowara Station was opened by Japanese Government Railways on 1 October 1961 as an additional stop on the existing Kitto Line track, 30.8 km from Miyakonojō. The station was built without a station building: only a small shelter on the side platform serves waiting passengers, and a bike shed sits by the access road. With the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. It remains an unstaffed local stop.

Hirowara was added to the existing Kitto Line track on 1 October 1961, rather than being part of the line's original construction.