As with Kodo Station and Miyamaki Station, the area around the facility, where lodgings for the students of Doshisha University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts are found, is relatively well developed.
興戸駅、三山木駅と並んで同志社大学・同志社女子大学生の下宿が多い地域のため、比較的発展した地域である。