History
Yachigashira Stop (Y26) is the southern terminus of the Hakodate City Tram Hōrai-Yachigashira Line in Yachigashira-chō 35-banchi and 25-banchi, Hakodate, Hokkaidō — the southernmost streetcar stop in Hakodate and in Hokkaidō. It opened on 30 October 1913, and on 2 January 1999 a tram that had slid downhill from the previous stop crashed through both the rail-level chock and the gangway buffer, completely destroying the prefab waiting room; after the accident a reinforced concrete buffer and ballast bed were installed. A station-turnback-line and track-renewal project ran on 30 November 2017, with the Jūjigai–Yachigashira section closed all day for the works.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
At 58.3 ‰ the gradient between Yachigashira and Aoyagi-chō is the steepest active stretch on the Hakodate City Tram — well above the 40 ‰ ceiling that Article 16 of the Government's Tramway Construction Regulations normally allows (a separate exception clause permits up to 67 ‰ on special sections). After the 1999 crash, a stop sign was added on Aoyagi-chō 34-banchi requiring all inbound trams to halt at that point before continuing.