History
Sakashita-machi Station is a Manyosen Takaoka Kidō Line tram stop straddling Sakashita-machi and Kataharanakajima-chō in Takaoka, Toyama. It opened on 10 April 1948 as a Toyama Chihō Railway intermediate stop, passed to Kaetsunō Railway on 1 April 1959, and to Manyosen on 1 April 2002. From 1 November 2005 it carries the byname "Takaoka Daibutsu-guchi", because Daibutsu-ji — the temple housing the Takaoka Great Buddha — sits at the far end of the Sakashita-machi shopping street that the stop opens onto. During the Mikurumayama Festival, trams are turned back here in both directions to bypass the festival.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Daibutsu-ji, with the famous Takaoka Great Buddha, lies at the far end of the Sakashita-machi shopping street that opens onto the stop — and the entire Manyosen turns back at Sakashita-machi during the annual Mikurumayama (Mikurumayama-sai) festival.