History
Yaominami Station, the southern terminus of the Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line, opened on 27 November 1980 when the line was extended from Tennōji. It sits at street level on an elevated structure in the city of Yao in Osaka Prefecture — the only above-ground station on the otherwise underground Tanimachi Line, and the only Osaka Metro station within Yao city limits. The adjacent Yao car depot is integrated with the station, supporting overnight stabling. On 1 April 2018 it transferred from the Osaka Municipal Transport Bureau to the privatised Osaka Metro, and on 18 March 2026 platform-edge doors were installed, completing the system-wide rollout.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Arrivals at Yaominami trigger a recorded Kawachi-Ondo folk song to play over the train's onboard speakers — a tribute to the surrounding region's traditional music.