History
Kamuro Station opened on 1 November 1924 as the new terminus of an extension by the Nankai Railway, branching from a junction north of the Kinokawa River. On 25 December 1924 the line was extended further to Kudoyama and Kamuro became an intermediate stop. Under wartime mergers the station passed to Kintetsu in 1944, then to Nankai Electric Railway when the line was transferred back in 1947. In 2009 Kamuro was designated a Modern Industrial Heritage site as part of the Kōya pilgrimage rail group, and on 1 April 2013 the station became unstaffed full-time.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Because "Kamuro" (学文路) is homophonous with "the road of learning," the station sells novelty packs of five entrance tickets to exam-takers each winter — five tickets, "go-mai" (ご(5)枚入り), spells out "go-nyūgaku" (ご入学), "welcome to enrolment."