History
Kyōguchi Station opened on 18 February 1898 as a stop on the private Bantan Railway between Himeji and Nozato, handling both passengers and freight. The Bantan Railway transferred its operations to the San'yō Railway on 1 June 1903, and the San'yō Railway was nationalised on 1 December 1906; the 1909 line-name system placed the station on the Bantan Line. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1961, parcel services on 1 February 1972 (along with destaffing), and the station was elevated on 1 October 1984. It passed to JR West at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and ICOCA acceptance via simple gates began on 26 March 2016. The station sits in central Himeji, on the historical eastern edge of the castle town.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The name "Kyōguchi" — literally "Kyoto gate" — comes from the station's position on the San'yō-dō highway at the point where it leaves the castle town of Himeji bound for Kyoto.