Inari Station
railway station in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
Inari Station (稲荷駅, Inari-eki) is a railway station on the Nara Line in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The station number is JR-D03. It is the closest station to Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine.
Layout
The station has two side platforms, serving one track each.
Platforms
Passenger statistics
According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical report, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.
Adjacent stations
Surrounding area
Inari Station serves several nearby sites. Among these are the major Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari-taisha and the Fukakusa campus of Ryukoku University. Although direct transfers are not available, Fukakusa and Fushimi-Inari Stations on the Keihan Main Line are close by. Students and staff members can access Ritsumeikan Junior & Senior High School and Kyoto Municipal Fushimi Technical High School from Inari Station.
History
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Inari being assigned station number JR-D03.
“Inari Station” enters the record as railway station in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Inari, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q510674. Authority coordinates are 34.967, 135.771. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2018.
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