Motosanjōguchi

Weekday departures: 66/day · Sat & holiday departures: 64/day

First / last train (weekday): 0:17 / 23:59

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (5)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Ikoma Line: Higashiyama (Nara) ⇄ Heguri

Motosanjōguchi Station opened on 21 October 1926 on the Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway as the line's then-terminus, extended from Yamashita (today's Shigisanshita). It was upgraded from a provisional to a permanent station on 19 December 1930. The Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway was absorbed into Kintetsu Railway on 1 October 1964, and the station became part of Kintetsu's Ikoma Line. PiTaPa service began on 1 April 2007, and on 21 December 2012 the station was made unstaffed all day, together with Tatsutagawa and Senokitaguchi.

The station's name means "entrance to old Sanjō" — a reference to Senkō-ji, a temple historically known as "old Sanjō" for its links to the Ōmine pilgrimage route.