Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka

History

Shitennōji-mae Yūhigaoka Station opened on 17 December 1968 as Shitennōji-mae Station when the Osaka Municipal Subway Line 2 (today's Tanimachi Line) extended south from Tanimachi-yonchōme to Tennōji. Although the planned name before opening had been Yūhigaoka Station, residents near Shitennōji petitioned to change it two months before opening; subsequently a second group of residents secured an additional "(Yūhigaoka)" parenthetical alongside the name. The bracket was formalised into the full name on 29 August 1997. The station passed to Osaka Metro on 1 April 2018 with the privatisation of the municipal subway, and movable platform doors began service on 3 April 2025.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.

Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.

Notes

At ten kanji and twenty-one syllables, the station holds the longest name on the Osaka Metro network in both characters and reading.