History
Kawato Station opened on 2 February 1930 with the inauguration of the Taisha Line in what is now the city of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. Operated by the private Ichibata Electric Railway, it serves as the junction between the Kita-Matsue Line and the 8.3-kilometre Taisha Line to Izumo Taisha-mae, and every service on either line stops here. The original wooden station building, dating from 1927, was replaced in 1995 to coincide with the opening of the nearby Shimane Prefectural College of Nursing. The station consists of two staffed island platforms connected by level crossings, with timetables aligned so trains on both lines meet here simultaneously.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station's four track numbers are assigned 4-1-2-3 from the station building outward — an unusual layout left over from the 1995 rebuild.