Naokawa

Weekday departures: 6/day · Sat & holiday departures: 6/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:34 / 20:54

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.

• JR Nippo Line: Naomi ⇄ Shigeoka

The station opened on 20 November 1920 under the name Gonohara, as the southern terminus of the Hōshū Main Line which JGR was extending south. It became a through-station on 26 March 1922 when the line reached Shigeoka, and after the link-up with the Miyazaki Main Line the entire route was renamed the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. Gonohara was renamed Naokawa on 20 March 1961, goods service ended in 1962, and parcels and staffing were both withdrawn in 1984. JR Kyushu took over at privatisation on 1 April 1987. In September 2017 Typhoon Talim halted services from the 17th and left the Usuki–Nobeoka section closed; replacement buses ran between Saiki and Nobeoka from 19 September until trains resumed between Saiki and Ichinotana on 25 September.

The original timber station building was demolished around December 2003, and the old toilet block was sealed in concrete, foundations and all, during that work; a new public toilet was installed on the former station-building site around March 2009.