Currently, the area on the east side of the station is a residential district that has been created by leveling off a mountain, but it was part of a natural mountain environment with animal trails running all the way to the west of Iwashimizu-hachiman-gu Shrine, before it was developed by the Keihan Electric Railway; it was also known for having an area at the foot of the mountain where prostitutes would commit suicide as the result of quarrels in the red-light district.
現在駅東側は山を切り崩した住宅街になっているが、京阪電気鉄道の開発が入るまでは完全な山であり、石清水八幡宮の西側まで延々と獣道が続いていたが、麓の遊郭での諍いから遊女の自殺が絶えない地域でもあった。