Ichibu Station (Nara)

Ichibu Station (一分駅) is a station in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, Japan, on the Kintetsu Ikoma Line of the Kintetsu Railway.

The name of 'Ichibu' can be found in a record written in 8th century, as a place of the residence of Prince Arima in the 7th century.

History

 * 1926 (Showa 1) December 28: Ikoma Line was extended. Ichibu Station was opened along with other stations between Motosanjōguchi Station and Ikoma Station.
 * 1964 (Showa 39) October 1: Kinki Nippon Railway, which had been the owner of Ichibu Station, was acquired by Kintetsu Railway. Ichibu Station became part of the Kintetsu Ikoma Line.
 * 1977 (Showa 52) July 31: Double track was added in Nabata, Ichibu and Minami-Ikoma Stations.
 * 2007 (Heisei 19) April 1: PiTaPa system was incorporated to the station.

Lines

 * Kintetsu
 * Ikoma Line

Surrounding area

 * Ikoma Senior High School
 * Ikoma Jinja
 * Daini-Hanna Road Ichibu Slip Road
 * Chikurin-ji
 * Chikurin-ji