History
Ryōanji Station (B 7) is a Keifuku Electric Railway Kitano Line tramway stop in Taniguchi-Kakinouchi-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto. It opened on 3 November 1925 under Kyoto Dentō's Arashiyama Electric Railway Kitano Line as Ryōanji-michi Station ('the road to Ryōanji'), and passed to Keifuku Electric Railway on 2 March 1942. The station was renamed Ryōanji on 19 March 2007, simultaneously updating the 'dragon' character from 竜 to 龍. Two opposed side platforms allow trains to pass. Footnote: indicators at Kitano-Hakubaichō and Katabira-no-Tsuji still bear traces of the former name 'Ryōanji-michi'.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Although officially renamed Ryōanji in 2007, traces of the original name 'Ryōanji-michi' still appear on the track-meeting indicators at Kitano-Hakubaichō and Katabira-no-Tsuji stations, where engineers have adapted the displays to conceal the redundant 'michi' suffix rather than fully replace the boards.