History
Arito Station opened on March 20, 1921 as a stop on the Japanese Government Railways, serving the rural coast of Noheji on what is now the Ōminato Line. Freight handling was discontinued on March 15, 1972, leaving the station unattended with a single side platform along a bidirectional track. With the 1987 breakup and privatisation of Japanese National Railways, operational control passed to East Japan Railway Company, under which it continues to serve local Ōminato Line traffic. The platform shelter remains the only structure on site, 9.6 kilometres from the line terminus at Noheji Station.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Reflections off Hakodate-yama let residents near Arito Station pick up Hokkaido-only Fuji and TV Tokyo affiliates that have no Aomori broadcaster, so homes here often run two antennas — one for Eboshi-dake and one aimed across the strait.