Watarigawa

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

First / last departure (weekday): 6:06 / 21:58

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (4)

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 Yamaguchi Line: Mitani (Yamaguchi) ⇄ Chomonkyo

Watarigawa Station opened on 1 April 1961 when JNR added a stop between Chōmonkyō and Mitani on the Yamaguchi Line, intended for unstaffed diesel-railcar passenger service only and located 35.5 km from Shin-Yamaguchi. Operation passed to JR West with JNR's privatisation on 1 April 1987. The station has a single side platform, lying to the right of the track as one faces Masuda, with no station building and only a small platform shelter for waiting passengers; the platform is entered directly through two openings, one at its Masuda end and one beside the shelter. There is no ticket-vending machine. Watarigawa is administered remotely by Shin-Yamaguchi Station and sits between Japan National Route 9 and Yamaguchi Prefectural Route 311.

Although it is on the JR West Yamaguchi Line, the station has no ticket-vending machine and is reached only through two openings that give direct access to its single platform.