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*''Opened: [[1872]]/5''
*''Japanese'': 桜木町駅 ''(Sakuragichou eki)''
Sakuragichô Station is a train station in [[Yokohama]], which today serves as the gateway to the Minato Mirai district. When it originally opened in [[1872]]/5, it was one terminus of Japan's first railroad line, connecting [[Tokyo]] (at [[Shinagawa]] Station) and Yokohama.
Sakuragichô was "Yokohama Station" for 43 years, from its opening in 1872 until a new [[Yokohama Station]] was built in 1915 on the site which remains the main Yokohama Station today.
Various displays, signs, and markers at Sakuragichô today commemorate its history.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Sakuragichô.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Japanese'': 桜木町駅 ''(Sakuragichou eki)''
Sakuragichô Station is a train station in [[Yokohama]], which today serves as the gateway to the Minato Mirai district. When it originally opened in [[1872]]/5, it was one terminus of Japan's first railroad line, connecting [[Tokyo]] (at [[Shinagawa]] Station) and Yokohama.
Sakuragichô was "Yokohama Station" for 43 years, from its opening in 1872 until a new [[Yokohama Station]] was built in 1915 on the site which remains the main Yokohama Station today.
Various displays, signs, and markers at Sakuragichô today commemorate its history.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Sakuragichô.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
