[1] It is located near JRA Hanshin Racecourse and Kwansei Gakuin University.

It is also an entrance station to Mount Kabutoyama, the east end of the Rokkō Mountains.

During the times of World War II (12/15/1943 - 9/21/1945), there was a station between Nigawa and Obayashi named Kashio (鹿塩).

The station was in front of the factory of Kawanishi Aircraft Company, a predecessor of ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.

The factory was closed after GHQ ordered the company to stop manufacturing aircraft.