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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.
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.
A railroad spur was constructed in [[1911]] to connect the ''[[Akarenga soko|Akarenga sôko]]'' customs houses then being built at Yokohama's port, with Tokyo, via Yokohama (i.e. Sakuragichô). The terminus of this short line, at the customs houses, was renamed Yokohama Port Station (''Yokohama minato eki'') in 1920, and the line ran until 1986, when it was dismantled as part of extensive construction projects transforming the area into the new "Minato Mirai 21" district. A rail bridge from that port rail line (''rinkôsen'') can still be seen today in Minato Mirai, and a platform has recently been reconstructed just outside ''Akarenga sôko''.
Various displays, signs, and markers at Sakuragichô today commemorate its history.
Various displays, signs, and markers at Sakuragichô today commemorate its history.