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Location
History
Kishaba Station is a Kagoshima City Tram Taniyama Line tram stop in Arata 2-chōme, Kagoshima, serving Route 1. The stop opened on 1 December 1912 under Kagoshima Electric Tramway and was transferred on 1 July 1928 to the Kagoshima City Electric Bureau (today the Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau). It has two side platforms with approach indicators and announcements on both; neither manual nor powered wheelchairs can be used, because the platform width is below the regulation minimum. There is a crossover on the Taniyama side of the platform with a turning-back-position sign, allowing reversals if required. Surrounding the stop is the Kishaba student district of Kagoshima University, with the Shimo-arata and Kōrimoto campuses both nearby, alongside a concentration of restaurants and izakaya.
Notes
The stop's name comes from the Satsuma-domain horseback-archery training ground (kishaba) that once stood nearby, giving the surrounding student neighbourhood — a commercial district thick with restaurants and izakaya, next to Kagoshima University's Shimo-arata and Kōrimoto campuses — the name "Kishaba".
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Last updated: 2026-06-10