Shimo-Gion Station
Shimo-Gion building (July 12, 2008).
Shimo-Gion Station (下祗園駅 or 下祇園駅 Shimo-Gion-eki) is a JR West Kabe Line station located in 4-chōme, Nagatsuka, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station name on the building uses an older kanji for the "gi" (
), but in most current publications it is listed as shown above (祗 or 祇).
History
- 1909-11-19: Shimo-Gion Station opens
- 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Shimo-Gion Station becomes a JR West station
Station building
Shimo-Gion Station features one island-style platform capable of handling two lines simultaneously.
Environs
- Hiroshima Asaminami Post Office
- Hiroshima Naka-Gion Post Office
- Kobelco Construction Machinery (formerly Yutani Heavy Industries)
- Yume Town Gion
- Hiroshima Municipal Gion Elementary School
- Hiroshima Municipal Hara Elementary School
- Hiroshima Municipal Yamamoto Elementary School
- Hiroshima Municipal Gion Junior High School
- AICJ Junior High School
- AICJ High School
- Ōshimo Gakuen Gion High School
- Hiroshima University of Economics, including Hiroshima Economics Library
- Hesaka Station, on the JR West Geibi Line
Highway access
- Japan National Route 54
- Hiroshima Prefectural Route 277 (Furuichi-Hiroshima Route)
Connecting lines
- Kabe Line
- Commuter Liner
- Aki-Nagatsuka Station — Shimo-Gion Station — Ōmachi Station
- Local
- Aki-Nagatsuka Station — Shimo-Gion Station — Furuichibashi Station
External links
- (Japanese) JR West
Coordinates: 34°26′23″N 132°27′46″E / 34.4397°N 132.4627°E
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