History
Asahi-ekimae-dōri Station opened on 9 October 1906 as Akaishi-mae (赤石前停留場) with the Ino Line extension west from Noridashi to Kagamigawabashi. It was renamed Asahi-ekimae-dōri on 1 February 1938. The stop passed to Tosaden Kōtsū on 1 October 2014 with the operator merger. The two platforms straddle the intersection diagonally — Ino-bound on the east, Harimaya-bashi-bound on the west.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
JR Shikoku's Asahi Station (旭駅) on the Dosan Line — the namesake of the tram stop — lies 300 m north, an easy walk away. The tram stop's 1938 rename came when the JR (then JNR) station was added to the network and the tram operator decided to point passengers at it from the south side of the river.