Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 83/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 83/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 5:01 / 23:52
Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (6)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).
Adjacent stations
- Ibusuki Makurazaki Line: Taniyama (JR Kyushu) ⇄ Sakanoue
Location
History
Jigenji opened on 13 March 1988 as a station of JR Kyushu's Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line in Jigenjichō, Kagoshima. It originally had only a single platform and track, as at Kōrimoto and Usuki elsewhere on the line, but was upgraded around 1992 to a two-side-platform overhead-concourse station with a passing loop. SUGOCA contactless ticketing became available on 1 December 2012. On 26 March 2016, with the completion of the grade-separation project between Taniyama and Jigenji, the station reopened as an elevated stop, and locally terminating trains were added to the timetable. The remote-assistance ANSWER system was introduced on 30 May 2020, leaving the station unstaffed outside parts of the morning and evening peaks.
Notes
Jigenji Temple, the namesake of the station, was said to date from the Asuka period but was destroyed during the anti-Buddhist purges that followed the Meiji Restoration; the temple grounds now form Jigenji Park.
Sources
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Hakatanoshio117117 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-03