History
Kurama Station is the northern terminus of the Eizan Electric Railway Kurama Line in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto. A temporary station 400 metres back along the line opened on October 20, 1929 as Kurama Provisional Station of the Kurama Electric Railway, replaced by the present station on December 20 of the same year. The line was absorbed into Keifuku Electric Railroad in 1942 and transferred to the present operator on April 1, 1986. The temple-styled wooden station building was rebuilt to coincide with the opening of the Keihan Ōtō Line, and the platform is an island serving two tracks. A tengu sculpture installed in the station forecourt in 2002 was replaced by a second-generation figure on October 18, 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A preserved cab section of the Deto 21-series electric car stands on the platform alongside one of its driving wheels, and a coffer ceiling in the booking hall hides ventilation grilles stylised as the kanji "Kyō".