Timetable information
Weekday departures: 316/day · Sat & holiday departures: 301/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:33 / 23:59
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (23)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- Tozai Line: Sanjo Keihan ⇄ Keage
Location
History
Higashiyama Station (T10) is on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line in Ōide-chō, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. It opened on 12 October 1997 with the rest of the Daigo–Nijō section of the Tōzai Line, with construction handled by the third-sector Kyoto Kōsoku Tetsudō. The station replaced the surface-level Higashiyama-Sanjō stop of the predecessor Keihan Keishin Line on the Sanjō-dōri street directly above, and PiTaPa IC card service began on 1 April 2007. The platform is on the third basement level, island-style with one platform and two tracks separated from the trains by platform-edge doors. The station colour assigned to it under the Tōzai Line's per-station colour scheme is "iris" (菖蒲色).
Notes
At the height of the tourist season, when road congestion in Kyoto south of the Higashiyama-Sanjō intersection is severe, passengers on the Kyoto City buses that call at the Higashiyama-Sanjō stop on their way to Kyoto Station are sometimes offered substitute transport, letting them ride the subway from Higashiyama Station to Kyoto Station instead at no extra charge; the measure is invoked case by case as conditions warrant.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Hahifuheho · CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-24