History
Hatchōbori opened on 23 November 1912 with the simultaneous opening of the Hiroden Main Line and the Hakushima Line that begins here; both lines ran on tracks laid over Hiroshima Castle's filled-in outer moat, with the Hakushima Line track originally further west than today. The atomic bombing of 6 August 1945 suspended Hiroden's city services. The Main Line was rebuilt from the Koi end, reaching Hatchōbori from Kamiyachō on 7 September 1945 and continuing east to Yamaguchichō on 1 October. The Hakushima Line was shifted east onto the post-war Hakushima-dōri arterial, and re-opened on 10 June 1952; the Hakushima-Line platform here was moved 100 m east at the same time. Numbers "M7" (Main Line) and "W1" (Hakushima Line) were assigned in October 1996; on 15 February 2013 Route 9 was extended south through here to Eba; the two platforms were unified as "M05" on 3 August 2025.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Although built on a single intersection, Hatchōbori straddles two addresses: the Main Line platform serving Hiroshima Station-bound trams is in Hatchōbori, but the other three platforms all stand in Teppōchō.