History
Uraga Station opened on 1 April 1930 as the southern terminus of what is now the Keikyū Main Line in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The current elevated-island-platform station atop the embankment dates to 1957; the previous structure stood at street level on what is now the bus rotary. The platform was extended from six to eight cars in December 1972, and additional improvements completed on 3 December 1973. An approach melody arranged from Akira Ifukube's Godzilla theme — referencing the kaijū's fictional landing at nearby Tatara-hama — was added on 21 November 2008. Keikyū introduced station numbering on 21 October 2010, assigning Uraga number KK64. Lines terminate inside the station at the south end.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Wartime plans extended the Main Line south from Uraga toward Miura, but a separate Kurihama Line was built from Horinouchi when tunnelling delays past Uraga ruled out a fast naval-base link.