History
Kuramaguchi Station is an underground station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, operated by the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. The location was not part of the original Karasuma Line plan filed in 1972, since no major east-west arterial road crossed the line nearby. Local residents petitioned for a stop, and the additional station was formally approved on 29 May 1973. It opened to passengers on 29 May 1981 alongside the rest of the Kitaoji-to-Kyoto segment of the line, and PiTaPa IC card acceptance was added on 1 April 2007. The station carries the number K05.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Despite its name, the station is roughly 10 kilometres south of the Kurama district, and Karasuma Line announcements specifically warn passengers headed for Kurama not to alight here.