Sakurabashi (Toyama)

History

Sakurabashi tramstop opened on 1 September 1913 as a Toyama Electric Tramway stop. It passed to the City of Toyama on 1 July 1920, becoming a Toyama Municipal Tramway stop, and was transferred again on 1 January 1943 to the newly merged Toyama Chihō Railway. The Toyama air-raid of 2 August 1945 suspended service, and the stop reopened on 14 January 1946 when the Minami-Toyama-Ekimae to Toyama-Ekimae section was restored.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

The stop sits on Toyama Prefectural Road 22 in the centre of the city and shares its name with the adjacent Sakurabashi over the Matsukawa, a small river noted as one of Japan's hundred best cherry-blossom spots; the bridge itself is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. The two platforms are arranged in a staggered layout straddling a road junction.