Awa-Otani

Known weekday departures: 32/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 32/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:48 / 23:23

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Naruto Line: Tatsumichi ⇄ Ikenotani

Awa-Ōtani Station opened on 15 April 1961 as a Japanese National Railways stop added to the existing Naruto Line, in what is today the city of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture. With the 1 April 1987 JNR privatisation the station passed to JR Shikoku as station N05, 1.3 kilometres from the line origin at Ikenotani. The unstaffed single-platform station has no station building, only a shelter over six benches on the embankment-borne platform. The surrounding area is the production centre for the Ōtani-ware ceramic tradition, and from the platform passengers have a clear view of the kilns' chimneys standing in a row.

The platform looks out over the kilns of Ōtani ware, the pottery produced in the area around the station; from the embankment-level platform their chimneys can be seen standing in a row.