title: Hanazono Station (Kyoto)
text: # Hanazono Station (Kyoto)
  
  Hanazono Station (花園駅, Hanazono-eki) is a train station in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The station (and surrounding neighborhood) are named for Emperor Hanazono, who had a palace in the area, now the Myōshin-ji temple complex.
  
  ## Line
  
  * West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
     * Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)
  
  ## Layout
  
  The elevated station has an island platform with two tracks.
  
  | 1 | ■ Sagano Line | for Kyoto |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Sagano Line | for Kameoka, Sonobe and Fukuchiyama |
  
  ## History
  
  Hanazono Station opened on 1 January 1898, less than one year after the opening of the Kyoto Railway (predecessor of the San'in Main Line).
  
  Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Hanazono being assigned station number JR-E06.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  Just to the north and east is the major temple complex of Myōshin-ji, and the affiliated Hanazono University (to the east, actually closer to Emmachi Station).
  
  