It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "N05".

[4] The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track.

A ramp leads up to the platform from the access road.

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

[6][7] In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 84 passengers daily[8] Media related to Awa-Ōtani Station at Wikimedia Commons This Tokushima Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.