History
Kōyashita Station opened on 30 July 1925 as Kōyasan Station when the Nankai Railway extended its line from Kudoyama in what is now Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture. It was renamed to its present name on 11 September of the same year, originally serving as the railhead for pilgrims continuing by road bus to Mount Kōya. The Kōyasan Electric Railway opened the next segment to Jinya Station in 1928, and through running with the Nankai Kōya Line began in 1932. Wartime consolidation merged Nankai into Kintetsu in 1944, and the present Nankai Electric Railway re-emerged in 1947. The station became permanently unstaffed on 1 April 2013, and a station-building hotel opened in 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
In 2009 the station and several neighbouring facilities along the Kōya line were designated Modernization Industrial Heritage of Japan for their role in pilgrimage to Mount Kōya, and the platform now hosts a permanent open-air exhibit of vintage rails, dog spikes, and pre-war railway memorabilia.