Sabaishi

Weekday departures: 34/day · Sat & holiday departures: 32/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:55 / 21:58

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (4)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

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• Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line: Ishikawapūrumae ⇄ Shukugawara (Aomori)

Sabaishi Station opened on 26 January 1952 as a station of the Hirosaki Electric Railway. It was transferred to the present operator, Kōnan Railway, on 1 October 1970, and on 1 October 1981 the station was moved 100 m toward Ōwani and equipped with a passing loop to support the new rapid services. The station lies in Ōwani Town, a small mountain town at the southern tip of Aomori Prefecture's Tsugaru region; the town article opens by describing Ōwani as "a town of skiing" — home to Mt. Ajara with its FIS-certified Ōwani Onsen Ski Resort, the venue of the very first All-Japan Ski Championship in 1925, and birthplace of multiple Olympic skiers.

Ōwani — burdened by debts from the bubble-era "Spa Garden Yuutopia" resort — chose to remain independent during the Heisei-era municipal mergers rather than join neighbouring Hirakawa City; the Ōwani article records that the facility generated substantial debt following the bubble's collapse, and that the town did not merge.