Inari Station | |
Native Name: | 稲荷駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Fukakusa Inari Ommae-chō, Fushimi, Kyoto |
Borough: | Kyoto Prefecture |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.9668°N 135.7709°W |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Nara Line |
Structure: | Ground level |
Style: | JR West |
Accessible: | Yes |
Opened: | 1879 |
Passengers: | 9,041 daily |
Pass Year: | 2016 |
Map Type: | Japan Kyoto Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station on the Nara Line in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The station number is JR-D03. It is the closest station to Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine.
The station has two side platforms, serving one track each.
According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical report, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.
1999 | 4,203 | |
2000 | 4,266 | |
2001 | 4,471 | |
2002 | 4,567 | |
2003 | 4,759 | |
2004 | 4,961 | |
2005 | 5,055 | |
2006 | 5,233 | |
2007 | 5,406 | |
2008 | 5,452 | |
2009 | 5,375 | |
2010 | 5,608 | |
2011 | 5,892 | |
2012 | 6,492 | |
2013 | 7,016 | |
2014 | 7,285 | |
2015 | 8,683 | |
2016 | 9,041 |
Inari Station serves several nearby sites. Among these are the major Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari-taisha 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.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Inari being assigned station number JR-D03.[1] [2]