Kitayama (Kyoto)

Known weekday departures: 332/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 278/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:22 / 24:04 (00:04 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (30)

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 3 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Karasuma Line: Matsugasaki (Kyoto) ⇄ Kitaoji

Kitayama Station opened on 24 October 1990 when the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line was extended north from Kitaōji to Kitayama. The station served as the line's northern terminus for almost seven years, until the further extension to Kokusaikaikan on 3 June 1997 turned it into a through station. The underground station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on B2 with a concourse and single ticket gate on B1, and the PiTaPa IC card came into use on 1 April 2007.

From the late 1980s through the 1990s the area around Kitayama transformed from rural farmland into a strip of boutiques, cafes and patisseries that gave "Kitayama" a distinct fashion-district reputation in Kyoto.