title: Nachi Station
text: # Nachi Station
  
  Nachi Station (那智駅, Nachi-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Nachi Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 193.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 12.8 kilometers from Shingū.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is painted red and white and is designed to imitate a Shinto shrine, as the shrine is the gateway to the Kumano Nachi Taisha. The station is unattended.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Kisei Main Line | for Shingū |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Kisei Main Line | for Kii-Katsuura, Kii-Tanabe and Wakayama |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | West Japan Railway Company (JR West) |||||
  | Kisei Main Line |||||
  | Limited Express Nanki: Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Limited Express Kuroshio: Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Ukui | Local | Kii-Temma |
  
  ## History
  
  Nachi Station opened on the Shingu Railway on December 4, 1912. The Shingu Railway was nationalized on July 1, 1934, and the current station building was completed in December 1936. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR( on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 27 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding Area
  
  * Fudarakusan-ji
  * Kumano Nachi Taisha
  * Seiganto-ji
  * Nachi Falls
  