Honkawa-cho Station

Honkawa-cho is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Main Line, located in Honkawa-cho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.

Routes

From Honkawa-cho Station, there are four of Hiroden Streetcar routes.

• Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route
• Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima - Hiroshima Port Route
• Hiroshima Station - Eba Route
• Yokogawa Station - Hiroden-honsha-mae Route

Connections

Around station

• Hiroshima City Honkawa Elementary School
• Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial
• Children's Peace Monument
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• KKR Hiroshimakinen Hospital

History

• Opened as "Sakan-cho" on December 8, 1912.
• Became a junction stop between Yokogawa Route and Others, on November 1, 1917.
• Renamed to the present name "Honkawa-cho" on April 1, 1965.

See also

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

References