History
Kuhonji-Kōsaten opened on 1 August 1924 as Shin-Yashiki-machi Station (新屋敷町駅), was abolished on 28 December 1943, reopened before 1950 as Yūsei-kyoku-mae (郵政局前駅), renamed Denpō-kyoku-mae (電報局前駅) on 1 October 1959, and finally renamed Kuhonji-Kōsaten on 1 April 2002. It is stop 13, served by both A- and B-system trams on the Suizenji Line. In April 2012 access was reworked so the stop is reached only by crosswalk, and the staircase from the pedestrian overpass to the stop was removed at the same time.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The "Kuhonji" in the place-name probably dates back to a clan temple here: pottery shards excavated from the Honjō site nearby read "Sugimoto-dera", and that is believed to be the temple from which the modern "Kuhonji" district-name evolved.