History
The station opened on 6 July 1927 as Hebikubo Station on the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway's Ōimachi Line, when the route from Ōimachi to Ōokayama was first inaugurated. It was renamed Togoshi-kōen on 1 January 1936. For nearly forty years the platforms were too short for the line's 20-metre four-car formations, forcing the use of door-cut operation on the Ōimachi-end cars from April 1974 onwards. Platform-extension work involving the relocation of an adjacent level crossing was completed on 24 February 2013, finally allowing all doors of stopping trains to open. A formal elevation project was authorised on 6 February 2026 with completion targeted for March 2036.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station takes its current name from Togoshi Park, a quiet stroll garden five minutes' walk away that began life as the lower estate of the Hosokawa clan, Edo-period lords of Kumamoto.