History
Hakuraku Station opened on 14 February 1926 on the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line. It was originally rebuilt with an island platform and overhead concourse in February 1933, then reconfigured to opposed side platforms on 24 December 1959. A west exit on the Shibuya-bound side was added in 2002, allowing passengers heading to Rokkakubashi to bypass the second-floor concourse altogether. From 2017 the station building was expanded and refurbished, with the work completed in spring 2021 to add a fitness centre and a Tully's Coffee KU collaboration cafe co-run with Kanagawa University. The station is assigned number TY18. Platforms accommodate only eight-car trains, although a fenced-off two-car extension on the Shibuya side stands ready for emergency use.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station name comes from "bakurō," the Edo-era horse-traders who clustered in the area near the Kanagawa post town; over time the spelling drifted to "hakuraku." The poet Bai Juyi ("Bai Letian"/"Hakurakuten") has no connection to the name.