Timetable information
Weekday departures: 162/day · Sat & holiday departures: 162/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:02 / 24:35 (00:35 next day)
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (14)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- JR Yamatoji Line: Yamato-Koizumi ⇄ Oji (Nara)
Location
History
Hōryūji Station, in the town of Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, opened on 27 December 1890 on the Osaka Railway. The line was absorbed by the Kansai Railway in 1900 and nationalised in 1907, and the station has been served by what is now JR West's Kansai Main Line — locally branded the Yamatoji Line — ever since. The current station building was completed in 2007, and station numbering arrived in March 2018, assigning the station the code JR-Q33. It serves as a primary access point for visitors to the nearby Hōryū-ji temple complex.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Bakkai at Japanese Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-06-09