History
Omuro-Ninnaji Station opened on 3 November 1925 as Omuro Station, set up by Kyoto Dentō's Arashiyama Electric Railway when its Kitano Line began service between Kitano (today's Kitano-Hakubaichō) and Takaoguchi (today's Utano). On 2 March 1942 it passed with the rest of the line to the Keifuku Electric Railroad. It was named one of the third edition of the Kinki Region's Hundred Best Stations in 2002, and on 19 March 2007 was renamed Omuro-Ninnaji to make its role as the closest stop to the UNESCO World Heritage temple explicit.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Although now unstaffed, the platform sign above the old wooden station building still carries the pre-reform right-to-left, traditional-character spelling 「驛室御」 from before the renaming. The Niōmon gate of Ninna-ji temple is visible directly from the station forecourt.