History
Asahimachi-sanchōme Station opened on 9 October 1906 as Shimojima (下島停留場) with the Ino Line extension west from Noridashi to Kagamigawabashi. It was renamed Asahimachi-sanchōme on 1 February 1938, suspended on 16 January 1943, and reopening was authorised on 11 April 1950. The stop passed to Tosaden Kōtsū on 1 October 2014 with the operator merger. The two platforms straddle the road — Ino-bound on the east, Harimaya-bashi-bound on the west — offset across the intersection.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The 1943 suspension and 1950 reopening at Asahimachi-sanchōme reflect a wartime/postwar pattern visible all along the Ino Line — Kako, Hōeichō, Asahimachi-sanchōme and several others all closed in 1942–43 to save metal and labour, then reopened over the half-decade after the war.