Kenchō-mae Station

Kenchō-mae Station is an HRT station on the Astram Line, located in 10–90, Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Hiroshima, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Kenchō-mae”, “Kencho-mae-eki”, and “Kenchō-mae-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hiroshima Castle and Shima Naika Hospital.

Hiroshima Castle

Park

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Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Hiroshima Castle is situated 550 metres north of Kenchō-mae Station.

Shima Naika Hospital

Hospital

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Shima Hospital is a hospital, now clinic, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945. Shima Naika Hospital is situated 370 metres southwest of Kenchō-mae Station.

RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima

Hotel

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Minami-ku.

Nagarekawacho

Neighborhood

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Nagarekawacho is a neighborhood.

Minami-ku

Suburb

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Minami-ku is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.