Station

Oomisaki

大三東

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Oomisaki
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 34/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 30/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:58 / 22:28

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


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

Timetable data as of 11 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Ōmisaki Station opened on 10 May 1913 on the Shimabara Railway Line, 34.1 km from the line's origin at Isahaya. Freight handling ended on 31 March 1968, and the station was made unstaffed on 1 February 1980. The current station building dates to a rebuild in September 1983, and the simple structure still serves the two opposing side platforms hugging the Ariake Sea coast in the Ariake neighbourhood of Shimabara. Operated by the third-sector Shimabara Railway, the station is widely promoted as the railway stop closest to the sea in Japan.

Notes

Since 2017 the seaside platform has carried a Shimabara Railway promotion in which passengers hang yellow handkerchiefs bearing written wishes; collected handkerchiefs are later dedicated at a shrine.

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