Takenaka

Known weekday departures: 48/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 48/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:04 / 23:15

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (5)

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).

• Hohi Line: Nakahanda ⇄ Inukai

Takenaka Station opened on 1 September 1916 as the new western terminus when Japanese Government Railways extended the Inukai Light Rail Line west from Nakahanda. It became a through-station on 20 July 1917 when track was extended further west to Inukai. The line was redesignated the Hōhi Main Line on 2 December 1928 once track had been completed all the way through to Kumamoto. Freight handling ended in October 1962, and the station was destaffed on 30 November 1983 as CTC signalling was introduced on the line. JR Kyushu inherited the station at the 1987 privatisation. It is now an unstaffed two-track island-platform halt accessed by a level crossing.

Japanese musician Minami Kōsetsu was raised at a Sōtō-Zen temple near the station, and his 1972 song "Hitorikiri" describes the area around it.