title: Nagato-Motoyama Station
text: # Nagato-Motoyama Station
  
  Nagato-Motoyama Station (長門本山駅, Nagato-Motoyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of San'yō-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Nagato-Motoyama Station is the terminus of the JR West Onoda Line branch line, and is located 2.3 kilometers from the junction with the main line at Suzumeda.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single dead-headed track. There is no station building, but there is a small shelter near the platform. The station is unattended.
  
  ## History
  
  Nagato-Motoyama Station was opened on 21 January 1937 as Motoyama Station (本山駅, Motoyama-eki)on the Ube Electric Railway. The Ube Electric Railway merged with the Ube Railway on 1 December 1941 and the station was renamed to its present name on that date, The Ube Railway was railway nationalized in 1943. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 11 passengers daily.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  The station is located along the Suo Sea at the southern end of Sanyo-Onoda. Yamaguchi Prefectural Route 354 Tsumazaki Kaisaku Onoda Line runs past the station. The area around the station is a residential area.
  
  * Former Motoyama Coal Mine Inclined Mine (City Designated Cultural Property): See also Ube Coal Mine.
  * Ryuozan Park
  * Kirara Beach
  * Sanyo Onoda Municipal Motoyama Elementary School
  