History
Hōraichō Stop (Y24) is on the Hakodate City Tram Hōrai-Yachigashira Line in Hōraichō 21-banchi (outbound) and 10-banchi (inbound), Hakodate, Hokkaidō. It opened on 17 June 1913 as Hōraichō Stop (using the alternate kanji 蓬莱町), was relocated on 15 September 1936 and at the same time became the junction with the Tōun Line, was renamed using the present 宝来町 kanji on 1 July 1965, lost its Tōun Line connection on 1 April 1992 when that line was abolished, and finished a long-running renovation on 30 January 2009. The platforms have a point-symmetric sōtai layout across the intersection.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Until 31 March 1992 Hōraichō was the south-side junction of the now-defunct Tōun Line, so 1-keitō trams (Komaba-shako-mae↔Hakodate-dock-mae) ran through here and a crossover let extra trams turn back on the inbound side; the crossover was kept until the 2009 rebuild as a memorial to the line's old role.