Today it's usual for this station to have many passengers, partly because the surrounding area has been densely populated for many years and because the station is crowded with many tourists on holidays, partly because the station functions as a base for sightseeing to Arashiyama.
周辺が古くからの住宅密集地ということもあって、普段からの利用の多さもさることながら、嵐山への観光拠点駅ということもあり、休日は、多くの観光客でごった返す。