Nate Station (名手駅, Nate-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Nate Station is served by the Wakayama Line, and is located 63.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōji Station.

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

1	■  T  Wakayama Line	for Hashimoto and Gojō
2	■  T  Wakayama Line	for Kokawa and Wakayama

«		Service	»
Wakayama Line
Nishi-Kaseda		Rapid Service		Kokawa
Nishi-Kaseda		Local		Kokawa

Nate Station opened on October 1, 1901 on the Kiwa Railway after considerable dispute between local residents on its location. The line was sold to the Kansai Railway in 1904, which was subsequently nationalized in 1907. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 438 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

• Kinokawa City Hall Naka Branch (formerly Naka Town Hall)
• Hanaoka Seishu Memorial Park
• Former Nate-juku Honjin
• Iimoriyama Castle Ruins
• Kinokawa Municipal Master Elementary School

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Nate Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Nate Station Official Site