SHIMOKOSAWA

In March 1925, the Koyasan Electric Railway was established with the aim of laying a railway from Koyashita to Koyasan. Shimokosawa station opened in June 1928 with the opening of the section between Koyashita and Kamiya (now Kii-Kamiya).The name of the station comes from Shimokosawa village, which was the name of the place at that time. Around 100 houses used to make paper in this area as a production area of ​​Koya paper, a handmade Japanese paper. Currently there is only one house that makes the paper, and in Kudoyama Town, in the precincts of Shochiji Temple (the nearest station is Kudoyama Station), ``Shiyuen'' was opened as a paper museum and experience room, and this traditional culture handed down by ancestors will be passed on to future generations.