History
Kawaramachi tram stop opened on 1 August 1924 as a Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (Kumamoto City Tram) stop in Kawaramachi, Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture — stop number 6, on the A trunk-line route. On 8 September 1927 the Kumamoto Electric Railway opened a section between Kawaramachi and Mukai-machi, completing the Kawaramachi - Kawajiri-chō line (commonly called the 'Kawajiri Densha'). On 1 December 1945 the Kumamoto Electric Railway routes were purchased by the City of Kumamoto and the line became the City Tram Kawajiri Line. On 1 April 1959 the Kawajiri Line's operating pattern was changed to a direct service to Karashima-chō, meaning trains passed through Kawaramachi without stopping; the City Tram Kawajiri Line was finally abolished on 21 February 1965. In September 2019 a barrier-free upgrade was carried out, with the platform raised and widened for wheelchair access.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The stop is named after the surrounding Kawaramachi district, itself named for the nearby Shira River floodplain. It has two opposed platforms reached by a zebra crossing, with short-turning facilities to the Gofukumachi (Kumamoto-eki-mae) side. Sites nearby include the Shira River, Junshō-ji Temple, the Kumamoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Higo Bank Kōya-chō branch, the city's Kumamoto Gofuku Kindergarten and the Chōroku Bridge.