Shimo-Gion Station

Shimo-Gion building (July 12, 2008).

Shimo-Gion Station (下祗園駅 or 下祇園駅, Shimo-Gion-eki) is a JR West Kabe Line station located in 4-chōme, Nagatsuka, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station name on the building uses an older kanji for the "gi" (), but in most current publications it is listed as shown above (祗 or 祇).

History

• 1909-11-19: Shimo-Gion Station opens
• 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Shimo-Gion Station becomes a JR West station

Station building

Shimo-Gion Station features one island-style platform capable of handling two lines simultaneously.

Environs

• Hiroshima Asaminami Post Office
• Hiroshima Naka-Gion Post Office
• Kobelco Construction Machinery (formerly Yutani Heavy Industries)
• Yume Town Gion
• Hiroshima Municipal Gion Elementary School
• Hiroshima Municipal Hara Elementary School
• Hiroshima Municipal Yamamoto Elementary School
• Hiroshima Municipal Gion Junior High School
• AICJ Junior High School
• AICJ High School
• Ōshimo Gakuen Gion High School
• Hiroshima University of Economics, including Hiroshima Economics Library
• Hesaka Station, on the JR West Geibi Line

Highway access

• Japan National Route 54
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 277 (Furuichi-Hiroshima Route)

Connecting lines

Kabe Line

Commuter Liner

Aki-Nagatsuka Station — Shimo-Gion Station — Ōmachi Station

Local

Aki-Nagatsuka Station — Shimo-Gion Station — Furuichibashi Station

External links

• (Japanese) JR West

Coordinates: 34°26′23″N 132°27′46″E / 34.4397°N 132.4627°E / 34.4397; 132.4627