Hiroden Jigozen Station
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Jigozen (or Zigozen) is a
Hiroden is a Japanese transportation company established on June 18, 1910, that operates streetcars and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture. It is known as for short. The company's rolling stock includes an eclectic range of trams manufactur ...
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Hiroden Miyajima Line The is a 16.1-kilometre-long light rail line operated by Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden) connecting Hiroshima and Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It has been operated since 1922. Due to historical reasons, the line is the only H ...
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Hatsukaichi is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The name derives from a market traditionally held on the 20th of each month with ''hatsuka'' (廿日) meaning "20th day" and ''ichi'' (市) translating to "market". The market continues to this day ...
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Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
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Routes

From Jigozen Station, there is one of Hiroden Streetcar routes. *
Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route Hiroden Streetcar Route 2, or the "Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-Miyajima-guchi Route" runs between Hiroshima Station and Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Station in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Overview Lines Hiroden Streetcar route #2 is made up of two ...


Connections

; Miyajima Line : :: JA Hiroshimabyoin-mae — Jigozen — Ajina-higashi


Around station

* Jigozen Fishing Port * Jigozen Shrine - the position of
Mōri clan The Mōri clan (毛利氏 ''Mōri-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power ...
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Battle of Miyajima The 1555 was the only battle to be fought on the sacred island of Miyajima; the entire island is considered to be a Shinto shrine, and no birth or death is allowed on the island. Extensive purification rituals took place after the battle, to cle ...


History

*Opened on July 15, 1925.


See also

*
Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes This is a list of lines and routes on the Hiroshima Electric Railway's railway and streetcar (tram) systems in and around Hiroshima, Japan. Lines Currently there are seven streetcar lines: Except for the Miyajima Line, they are called the "In ...


References

Jigozen Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925 {{Hiroshima-railstation-stub