| Kami-Arita Station | |
| Native Name: | 上有田駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | 1-chōme-13 Nakadaru, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga-ken 844-0002 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.1902°N 129.9057°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Sasebo Line |
| Distance: | 25.7 km from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Accessible: | No – platforms linked by footbridge |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Former: | Nakataru (until 1 May 1909) |
| Passengers: | 108 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2015 |
| Map Type: | Japan Saga Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kami-Arita Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 25.7 km from the starting point of the line at . Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[2]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 2 and running on the other side of platform 2. The station building is an original Meiji-era timber structure built in 1909 when the station opened for passenger traffic. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3] [4] [5]
The station is normally unstaffed but some types of tickets are available from a kan'i itaku agent outside the station. In addition, during the "Arita Pottery City", a major ceramic pottery fair held in the town of Arita during Golden Week, a ticket window with a POS machine would be set up.[6]
The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to, had opened a track from to and Takeo (today) by 5 May 1895 and had expanded to by 10 July 1897. On 1 October 1989. the station was opened as an intermediate station on the existing track between Takeo-Onsen and Haiki. At the time it was named and was for freight only. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 1 May 1909, passenger services commenced and the station was renamed Kami-Arita. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Kami-Arita and Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the official starting point of the Sasebo Line was moved to . As such, Kami-Arita became part of the Sasebo Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 39,518 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 108 passengers.[7]