History
Myōhōji Station opened on 13 March 1977 with the first segment of the Kobe Municipal Subway between Myōdani and Shin-Nagata. The two-track surface-cut station, designed around an "autumn" motif with russet roofs and ceramic murals depicting chestnuts and persimmons, was a stop for rapid services after 1993, but those operations were withdrawn following the Great Hanshin earthquake of January 1995 and formally discontinued that July. Because the surrounding hillside community in northern Suma Ward lacks alternative rail, the station carries heavy commuter loads and the section toward neighbouring Itayado is the busiest stretch on the line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.