History
Kōchijō-mae Station opened on 2 May 1904 as Keisatsu-mae ("in front of the police") on Tosa Electric Railway's first day of streetcar operation along the Honmachi Line. It was later renamed Honmachi-kōen-dōri (date unrecorded), suspended on 1 April 1944, and reopened on 5 August 1950 as Kōen-dōri. The stop took its present name on 1 April 1978 — the rename was prompted because Kōchi Castle visitors had been routinely getting off at the next stop (Kenchō-mae) by mistake. In August 2010 the platforms were moved to the far side of the intersection and brought up to barrier-free standard. The stop passed to Tosaden Kōtsū on 1 October 2014 with the operator merger.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The 1978 rename to Kōchijō-mae (Kōchi Castle Front) was a deliberate fix for tourists getting off too early — visitors heading for Kōchi Castle had routinely been alighting at the next stop east, Kenchō-mae, on the assumption that the prefectural offices fronted the castle.