Kangetsukyo

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Kangetsukyō Station opened on June 1, 1913 with the Keihan Uji Line in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto. Its name comes from the nearby Kangetsukyō bridge over the Uji River, which is itself named after a moon-viewing banquet Toyotomi Hideyoshi is said to have held at what is now Gekkyō-in. Damage in the 1917 Taishō Great Flood led to Uji River embankment works, in the course of which the once mixed-traffic alignment east of the station became a dedicated right-of-way. Corporate restructuring placed the station under Keihanshin Kyūkō (later Hankyū) in 1943 and then back under Keihan Electric Railway in 1949. Ticket-machine sales ended on January 25, 2024 at the station, which is unstaffed.

The station name 'Kangetsukyō' (moon-viewing bridge) is reputedly drawn from a moon-viewing banquet that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is said to have hosted nearby at Gekkyō-in.