History
Ujina 4-chome opened on 27 December 1935 as Nanachome ('7-chome') when the Ujina Line was relocated onto its present alignment. It was renamed Ujina-nanachome ('Ujina 7-chome') on 30 March 1960, and to its present name Ujina 4-chome on 1 September 1968 after a place-name change in Ujina-cho. Until that 1968 reform, the neighbouring stop now called Ujina 5-chome had held the name Ujina 4-chome — this stop and its neighbour each shifted to its new number on the same day. Service was suspended after the 6 August 1945 atomic bombing and the Ujina Line Dentetsu-mae - Mukoujina-guchi section reopened as double-track on 18 August. The platforms sit on a combined-track street alignment, staggered north-south, with the down-side towards Hiroshima Port on the north and the up-side towards Minami-machi 6-chome on the south, both long enough for articulated cars but with platform shelters only above the single-car boarding zones. Like the neighbouring Ujina 3-chome the stop originally had no safety zones — passengers boarded at road level — and proper safety zones were installed by the end of August 1994 after a hit-and-run incident at Ujina 3-chome prompted the operator to upgrade the line. The stop carries number U14.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Until 1 September 1968, the stop now called Ujina 4-chome was named Ujina 7-chome and the stop now called Ujina 5-chome was named Ujina 4-chome — the entire chome-number system slid by three positions in one day after Ujina-cho's place-names were redrawn.