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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 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.

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. A cast-iron fountain originally erected in front of the station commemorated the first modern waterworks system. The fountain is preserved today at the Waterworks Memorial Museum (''Yokohama suidô kinenkan'') in Hodogaya.

Various displays, signs, and markers at Sakuragichô today commemorate its history.

Various displays, signs, and markers at Sakuragichô today commemorate its history.