Tahoto Station is a stop on the Mount Kurama Cable Railway, located on the top of the mountain; as the name implies, the station is adjacent to Tahoto (a two-story pagoda that developed from the circular, roofed one called a hoto) of Kurama-dera Temple.
鞍馬山鋼索鉄道の山上駅に相当し、その名のとおり鞍馬寺多宝塔に隣接する。