Funato (Kochi)

Weekday departures: 124/day · Sat & holiday departures: 108/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:13 / 22:23

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (19)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Tosaden Kōtsu Gomen Line: Kitaura (Kochi) ⇄ Kako

Funato Station opened on 4 December 1910 as part of Tosa Electric Railway's (土佐電気鉄道) extension of the future Gomen Line east of Kako, on the same day as the now-vanished Ōtsu terminus 400 m further on. The stop was renamed Tosaden Kōtsū's after the 1 October 2014 operator merger that combined Tosa Electric Railway with Kōchi-ken Kōtsū and Tosaden Dream Service. Two side platforms straddle the tracks: the Harimaya-bashi-bound platform borrows a shop frontage alongside the tracks as its safety island, while the Gomenmachi-bound platform is marked only by a white line painted on the road shoulder to the west.

Funato is identified in the 10th-century Tosa Diary (土佐日記) of Ki no Tsurayuki as the place where the diarist boarded his boat for the journey back to the capital — a sign at the foot of the steps up to the Route 195 Funato Bridge marks the location.