Minami-Arao

Weekday departures: 58/day · Sat & holiday departures: 58/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:58 / 24:19 (00:19 next day)

Busiest hour: 20:00–21:00 (5)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Kagoshima Main Line: Arao (Kumamoto) ⇄ Nagasu

Minami-Arao Station opened on 1 May 1950, added by Japanese National Railways to the existing Kagoshima Main Line in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, to serve the then-popular Arao Daini bathing beach at a time when the Mitsui Miike coal mines were driving rapid local population growth. The station became unstaffed on 20 February 1971, when parcel handling ended. A simple steel-framed station building replaced the original in November 1977. Control passed to JR Kyushu at the 1987 JNR privatisation. The SUGOCA IC card became usable on 1 December 2012. Around October 2018 the station was given the nickname "Ramsar Wetland Arao Tidal Flats Station".

Around October 2018 the station was given the nickname "Ramsar Wetland Arao Tidal Flats Station", marking it as the nearest stop to the Ramsar-registered Arao tidal flats.