History
Arashiyama Station (A13) is the western terminus of the Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line in Saga Tenryūji Tsukurimichi-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto. It opened on 25 March 1910 as the terminus of the Arashiyama Electric Tramway and passed to Keifuku Electric Railroad through company successions on 2 April 1918 and 2 March 1942. The station hosted Japan's first women-only hotel, the "Arashiyama Ladies' Hotel", from 1 October 1974 until 15 June 2002, after which the building was rebranded the "Arashiyama Hannari-Hokkori Square" commercial complex on 26 October 2002; a foot bath sourced from Arashiyama hot spring opened on 18 September 2004. The station was completely renovated in October 2007 and again on 15 March 2013 — the latter removing the faregates entirely.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.
Notes
Arashiyama Station's onboard hot-spring foot bath — fed by Arashiyama Onsen — has a sister-station tie-up with JR Kyūshū's Yufuin Station foot bath and Hankyū's Mino-o Station foot bath, jointly billed as the "Foot Bath Three Sisters".