History
Kenkun-machi opened on 6 May 1945 as Mitsubishi Kōjō-mae ("Mitsubishi Factory Front") on what is now the Kumamoto City Tram Kenkun Line, and was relocated and renamed Kenkun-machi in March 1947. The platforms divide the alighting and boarding sides — the wider boarding platform is wheelchair-accessible, while the narrower alighting platform is reached via an unsignalled pedestrian crossing — and the boarding platform was rebuilt in 2010. The name comes from the Kenkun district, which was historically written 竹宮 (Takemiya) before changing to 健軍 (also read Takemiya) and then to the modern reading Kenkun in the Meiji period. It is the eastern terminus of the Kenkun Line, stop number 26.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
After the 29 June 2024 timetable cut large numbers of services, morning trams have repeatedly arrived at this terminus already full, leaving commuters unable to board.