History
Nagao Station opened on 12 April 1898 as the terminus of the Kansai Railway's extension from Shijōnawate; the line was extended to Shinkizu just weeks later. The station sits at the easternmost edge of Osaka Prefecture, less than a kilometre from the Kyoto border. For most of its history Nagao marked the boundary between the electrified Katamachi Line and the diesel-operated section east to Kizu — that gap closed on 11 March 1989 when the remaining segment was electrified. The current overhead station building opened on 10 February 2013, and station numbering JR-H27 was introduced in March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The Tomb of Wani, traditionally associated with the scholar said to have brought Chinese writing to Japan, sits a short walk south of the station.