Rakurakuen Station

Rakurakuen is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Miyajima Line, located in Rakurakuen, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima. There was an amusement park called "Rakurakuen-yuenchi" operated by Hiroden.

Routes
From Rakurakuen Station, there is one of Hiroden Streetcar routes.
 * HirodenLine2.svg Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route

Connections

 * █ Miyajima Line
 * HirodenLine2.svg
 * Saeki-kuyakusyo-mae (Saeki Ward Office) — Rakurakuen — Sanyo-joshidai-mae

Around station

 * Hiroshima Institute of Technology
 * Hiroshima Senior High School, Junior High School attached to H.I.T.
 * Saeki-ku sports center

History

 * Opened as "Shiohama" on December 1, 1935.
 * Renamed to "Rakurakuen" on September 8, 1936.
 * Renamed to "Rakurakuen-yuenchi(amusement park)" on July 20, 1965.
 * Renamed to "Rakurakuen" on September 1, 1971. - the amusement park was closed.