Oku (Okayama)

History

Oku Station opened on 1 September 1962 with the Japanese National Railways Akō Line extension from Imbe to Higashi-Okayama, in what is now Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture. Daily operations were contracted out from 1 October 1969, parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984, and the station passed to JR West at JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987. A staffed Midori-no-Madoguchi reservation counter opened on 1 November 1992 and operated until 28 February 2022, with full unstaffing from the following day. ICOCA service has been available since 1 September 2007. The station consists of a single side platform serving a bi-directional track, with step-free access from the ticket gate via a slope.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.

Notes

The station sits on what is now Setouchi City, but until the 2004 municipal merger the address read "Oku-gun, Oku-chō" — making the line's name and the village's name pleasingly redundant in the original kanji.