Oarai

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Ōarai Station opened on 14 March 1985, when the third-sector Kashima Rinkai Railway inaugurated its Ōarai Kashima Line; the station is 11.6 km from the line's terminus at Mito. It was built to serve the central built-up area of Ōarai, a coastal town in Ibaraki Prefecture, and the elevated platforms share the site with the Kashima Rinkai Railway head office and the Ōarai rolling-stock depot. The forecourt and waiting room were rebuilt in 2020, and a lift connecting the concourse to the platforms entered service on 2 March 2023.

Because Ōarai is the setting of the anime Girls und Panzer, in-vehicle announcements voiced by Mai Fuchigami as the lead character Miho Nishizumi were played for a time with the cooperation of Ibaraki Kōtsū, and trains and buses were given anime-themed liveries; as of 2017 two wrapped trainsets were still running on the line.