What history can you find around Inari Station?

Stops on the way

1. 01Kyoto City Tram Inari Line remains京都市電稲荷線 線路跡

   A small park over the canal stands where a tram stop used to be; the line closed in 1970. Look under the concrete step for a piece of the old track. It is easy to miss.

2. Walk 5 min

   02Lamp hut at JR Inari Station国鉄最古のランプ小屋

   Built when the station opened on the old Tokaido Line, to store oil lamps and fuel. It is the oldest surviving building of Japan’s national railways.

3. Walk 5 min

   03Azumamaro Shrine東丸神社

   The shrine of Kada no Azumamaro, an Edo-period scholar born to a priest family of the shrine. Local students pray here before exams, and some also visit his grave.

Where this route comes from

This is the “歴史探訪ルート” model course of the Inari Hanei-kai, the local shop and business association. The order of stops and the walking times are theirs; the descriptions are our own.