Kagetsu-sōjiji Station

Railway station in Yokohama, Japan

Bus stop

Other informationStation codeKK30WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedApril 12, 1914Previous namesKagetsuen-mae StationPassengers20197,022 daily Services

Preceding station				Following station
Namamugi KK31 towards Uraga		Main Line Local		Keikyū Tsurumi KK29 towards Shinagawa

Location
Kagetsu-sōjiji Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Kagetsu-sōjiji Station Kagetsu-sōjiji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kagetsu-sōjiji Station (花月総持寺駅, Kagetsu-sōjiji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.

Lines

Kagetsu-sōjiji Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 15.1 kilometers (9.4 mi) from the terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building built over the platforms and tracks.

1	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokohama, Zushi·Hayama, Uraga, Misakiguchi
2	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Keikyū Kamata, Haneda Airport, and Shinagawa

History

Kagetsu-sōjiji Station opened on 12 April 1914. The station was rebuilt as an elevated station in December 1971.

The station was originally named for the adjacent Kagetsuen Amusement Park, which was in operation from 1914 until 1946. The amusement park property was later used for the Kagetsuen Keirin Stadium, which closed down in March 2010.

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Kagetsu-sōjiji Station was assigned station number KK30.^[1]

Kagetsu-sōjiji was renamed from Kagetsuen-mae (花月園前駅, Kagetsuen-mae-eki) on 14 March 2020. The name reflects the redevelopment of Kagetsuen following the closure of the Keirin track, as well as the nearby Sōji-ji Buddhist temple.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 7,022 passengers daily.^[3]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	8,128	^[4]
2010	6,310	^[5]
2015	16,342	^[6]

Surrounding area

Sōji-ji
Kokudo Station
Japan National Route 15
Yokohama City Yokohama Science Frontier High School / Affiliated Junior High School

References

Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)

^ "京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します" [Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line]. KEIKYU WEB. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "2020年3月に4駅の駅名を変更します" (in Japanese). 京浜急行電鉄. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021year= 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.