History
Gomen-higashimachi Station opened on 14 May 1911 when the Tosaden predecessor Tosa Electric Railway (土佐電気鉄道) completed the section from Gomen-Nakamachi-dōri to here, finishing the Gomen Line. The stop was originally called Gomenmachi (後免町停留場) — the line's eastern terminus at the time — and was renamed Gomen-higashimachi-dōri in February 1922. In 1925 the line was extended a further 0.6 km east to a new terminus at Gomenmachi-ekimae (today's Gomenmachi), and at some later date this stop took its present name. The tracks passed to Tosaden Kōtsū on 1 October 2014 after the operator merger. A wider safety-island platform with roof, benches and ramps came into service on 18 August 2023 as part of road-improvement works at the adjacent Gomen-higashimachi intersection.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Beyond this stop the line runs on its own private right-of-way as far as Gomenmachi, but for half its life the line ended here — Gomen-higashimachi was the eastern terminus from 1911 until 1925, when the rails were pushed the last 0.6 km to meet the Kōchi Railway station at what is now Gomenmachi.