Arato Station (荒砥駅, Arato eki) is a railway station in Shirataka, Yamagata, Japan, operated by the Yamagata Railway.
Arato Station is the terminus on the Flower Nagai Line, and is located 30.5 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Akayu Station.
Arato Station has a single side platform.
Arato Station opened on 22 April 1923. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, and came under the control of the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988.[1]