is a

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

station in

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Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...

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. It is operated by

Tosaden Kōtsū , sometimes rendered in English as Tosaden Traffic, is a transportation company in Kōchi, Japan. The public company operates tram and bus lines. The company was established on October 1, 2014, by merging the businesses of , a tram and bus ...

History

The station opened in 1906 as Honchosuji-itchōme Station (本町筋一丁目停留場). In 1966, the station name was changed to the current one of Kamimachi-itchōme Station. The station was once planned to be closed, but was kept in operation because of its proximity to

Sakamoto Ryōma was a Japanese ''samurai'', a '' shishi'' and influential figure of the ''Bakumatsu,'' and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period. Sakamoto was a low-ranking ''samurai'' from the Tosa Domain on Shikoku and became an acti ...

's birthplace and to the Kōchi Prefectural School for the Blind.

Lines

** Ino Line

Adjacent stations

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Surrounding area

Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum opened in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan in 2004. It is dedicated to the life and times of Sakamoto Ryōma and to the local area of Kami-machi and Kōchi more generally during the Bakumatsu period. Access The museum can be accessed on foo ...

* Kagami River *

Japan National Route 33 , also known as the Tosa Kaidō, is a Japanese highway on the island of Shikoku. It originates at the intersection of Route 32 and other arteries in the city of Kōchi (capital of Kōchi Prefecture) and terminates in the city of Matsuyama (ca ...

References

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