Tōji Station

Tōji Station (東寺駅) is a railway station on the Kyoto Line of the Kintetsu Railway located in Minami-ku in Kyoto, Japan.

The station provides access to Tō-ji, a nearby Buddhist temple famous for its large pagoda.

Layout
The station has two side platforms serving a track each.

History
The station opened in 1928 as a station of Nara Electric Railroad. In 1938, the station was moved 100 m towards Yamato-Saidaiji, and became an elevated station. Nara Electric Railroad merged with Kintetsu in 1963. In 2007, the station started using PiTaPa.

Around the station

 * Tōji Temple
 * Kyoto Computer Gakuin