History
Tsukigaseguchi Station opened on 28 December 1951 as a new general (passenger and freight) station of Japanese National Railways on the Kansai Main Line, inserted between Shimagahara and Ōkawara. Freight operations ended on 1 February 1962, and the station was destaffed on 1 May 1983 when luggage handling was abolished. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West. ICOCA IC-card service began on 13 March 2021, and the Kameyama Rail Operations Office was abolished on 1 July of the same year. The station building was rebuilt in December 1965.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Although the station is administratively in Minamiyamashiro, Kyoto Prefecture, its name reflects its role as the gateway to the Tsukigase plum-blossom district of Nara Prefecture's Nara City. It is also the easternmost station in Kyoto Prefecture, and its platform displays a large pillar advertising the Tsukigase Plum Grove.