Sakawa

Weekday departures: 52/day · Sat & holiday departures: 52/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:58 / 22:53

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (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.

• Dosan Line: Nishi-Sakawa ⇄ Erinono

Sakawa Station is a JR Shikoku stop on the Dosan Line in the town of Sakawa, Takaoka District, Kōchi Prefecture, numbered K13. It opened on 25 October 1924 as a new station when the predecessor Kōchi Line was extended between Togano and Nishisakawa, initially run by the state Japanese Government Railways. JNR's 1 April 1987 privatization passed the station to JR Shikoku. Rebuilt with two opposing side platforms by around 1989, it lost weekend staffing on 1 March 1994 and has been unstaffed daily since 29 December 2023. It has housed an unstaffed town tourist information centre since 4 March 2017. Besides local trains, the limited expresses Shimanto and Ashizuri call here; reaching Nanpū requires changing at Kōchi Station.

A government-operated bus route from Sakawa, opened in 1935, once connected to Kuma in Ehime Prefecture, where passengers could transfer to reach Matsuyama Station.