Tanigami

History

Tanigami Station opened on 28 November 1928 as part of the Kōbe Arima Electric Railway's initial Minatogawa - Denki-Arima section, now the Shintetsu Arima Line. The station was elevated and moved on 27 March 1988, and on 2 April 1988 the parallel Hokushin Kyūkō Railway began through service. It was damaged in the 17 January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake but resumed Hokushin services on 18 January and Shintetsu on 19 January. Station numbering arrived on 1 April 2014. On 1 June 2020 the Hokushin Line was transferred to Kobe Municipal Subway as the Hokushin Line, making the station a joint Shintetsu / Kobe Subway facility.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

At 244 metres above sea level, Tanigami is the highest-altitude subway station in Japan.