History
Chūō-Ichibamae Station opened on 7 July 2001 with the inauguration of the Kobe Municipal Subway's Kaigan Line, taking its name from the Kobe Central Wholesale Market directly above and beside it. The single island platform sits on the second basement, while the concourse above features a "crossroads plaza" with panels describing nearby sites linked to the medieval port of Hyōgo-no-tsu, the Taira clan, and Kusunoki Masashige. Ridership was below 2,000 riders per day until June 2017, when the opening of the Aeon Mall Kobe-Minami next door — connected by a direct passageway and a new ticket gate — pushed daily figures above 3,000.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.