History
Taisanji Station opened on 1 August 1931 as Fudōmae Station on the 0.7-km Ōmachi-Shimosha section of the Ōyama Funicular Railway, providing access to Taisan-ji temple on the slopes of Mount Ōyama. Wartime requisitioning closed the line on 5 February 1944 and the rails were removed. After the line was rebuilt by Ōyama Kankō Dentetsu, Fudōmae reopened on 11 July 1965 as part of the new 0.8-km Ōyama-Cable — Afuri-Jinja section, the last revived Japanese funicular to be reinstated from wartime closure. The station was renamed Taisanji on 1 October 2008. After a long upgrade between 18 May and 30 September 2015 the present rolling stock entered service on 1 October 2015.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Taisanji is named after the adjacent Taisan-ji temple and consists of two opposed ground-level platforms at an elevation of 512 m, connected by an overpass. It sits at the line's only passing point and is the sole funicular station in Japan where cars cross; whether a given side carries the inbound or outbound train depends on which platform has the haulage cable visible.