Shigisanshita

Weekday departures: 66/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 64/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:22 / 24:27 (00:27 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 6:00–7:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Ikoma Line: one direction only

• Ikoma Line: Seyakitaguchi ⇄ Oji (Nara)

Shigisanshita Station opened on 16 May 1922 as Yamashita Station, a stop on the Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railroad just past its starting point at Ōji. The same day, the Higashi Shigi Cable Line opened from the station up to Mount Shigi to serve pilgrims to Chōgosonshi-ji temple. The line was extended further to Motosanjōguchi in 1926. The station was renamed Shigisanguchi in 1951 and to its present form, Shigisanshita, in 1956. Kintetsu absorbed the Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway on 1 October 1964, and the cable line closed on 1 September 1983 as passengers shifted to the west-side cable route.

The retired cable car for the abolished Higashi Shigi line was preserved at a local elementary school for decades and was returned to a display spot in front of the station in March 2020.