Kita-Otari Station
Lines. Kita-Otari Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 8.4 kilometers from the Minami-Otari Station, and 78.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Matsumoto Station. Station layout. The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. History. Kita-Otari Station opened on 15 August 1957. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.