Obi

Known weekday departures: 26/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 27/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:38 / 22:56

Busiest hour (known departures): 6:00–7:00 (3)

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).

• Nichinan Line: Uchinoda ⇄ Nichinan

Obi Station opened on 28 October 1941 as an intermediate stop when the Railway Ministry's Shibushi Line was extended north from Aburatsu to Kitagō. On 8 May 1963 the Shibushi–Kitagō section of the Shibushi Line was absorbed into the Nichinan Line and the whole route took that name. Freight handling ended in November 1960 and baggage handling in March 1985. The site sits 39.8 kilometres south of Minami-Miyazaki in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, and its wooden station building is built to resemble nearby Obi Castle with white plaster namako walls. Operation was outsourced to JR Kyushu Service Support until April 2022, when management passed to Nichinan city as a simple-consignment site. JR Kyushu has run the station since the 1 April 1987 privatisation.

The wooden station building is built to resemble the neighbouring Obi Castle, complete with white namako plaster walls.