is a railway station on the
Nara Line in
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyoto ...
, Japan, operated by
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
(JR West). The station number is JR-D03. It is the closest station to
Fushimi Inari-taisha
is the head shrine of the ''kami'' Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrin ...
Shrine.
Layout
The station has two
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...
s, serving one track each.
Platforms
File:Platform of Inari station.JPG, Inari Station platforms in January 2008
Passenger statistics
According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical report, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.
Adjacent stations
Surrounding area
Inari Station serves several nearby sites. Among these are the major Shinto shrine
Fushimi Inari-taisha
is the head shrine of the ''kami'' Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrin ...
and the Fukakusa campus of
Ryukoku University. Although direct transfers are not available, and
Fushimi-Inari Stations on the
Keihan Main Line are close by. Students and staff members can access Ritsumeikan Junior & Senior High School and Kyoto Municipal Fushimi Technical High School from Inari Station.
History
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Inari being assigned station number JR-D03.
See also
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Fushimi-Inari Station (Keihan)
References
External links
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{{JR Nara Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1879
Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture
Stations of West Japan Railway Company