Torichosuji

Weekday departures: 363/day · Sat & holiday departures: 364/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:56 / 23:19

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (31)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Trunk Line: Kumamoto Castle / City Hall ⇄ Suidocho

The tram stop opened on 1 August 1924 as Tetorihonmachi Station (手取本町駅) on the Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau line, was later abolished (date not recorded), then reopened on 16 December 1950 under the present name Tōrichōsuji. The stop, numbered 11, sits in front of Tsuruya Department Store and carries the subtitle "Tsuruya Hyakkaten-mae". A derailment on 31 December 2024 just south of Kumamoto-jō-Shiyakusho-mae closed the section between Karashimachō and Suidōchō for three days, and similar disruptions to that section followed in January, March and June 2025 due to emergency track-gauge work, a collision and rail damage. The stop has two opposing 20 m platforms reached via crossings — the north platform serving Kengun-machi-bound services and the south platform serving Kumamoto Station-mae and Kami-Kumamoto-bound services.

Tōrichōsuji is the second-busiest tram stop in the entire Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau network, ranking just behind Kumamoto-Ekimae — a reflection of its position in the city's main shopping district between the Kamitōri and Shimotōri arcades.