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Takasu Station (Hiroshima)

railway station in Hiroshima, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7677409 ↗
Source-derived summary

Takasu is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Miyajima Line, located in Takasu, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima.

Routes

From Takasu Station, there is one of Hiroden Streetcar routes.

Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route

Connections

█ Miyajima Line

Higashi-takasu — Takasu — Furue

Around station

History

Opened on August 22, 1922.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Takasu Station (Hiroshima)” as railway station in Hiroshima, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1922—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1922-08-22. The account is most persuasive where Takasu, Station and Hiroshima can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as railway station in Hiroshima, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7677409. Authority coordinates are 34.390, 132.417. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Takasu Station (Hiroshima)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Takasu Station (Hiroshima) primary sources, Takasu Station (Hiroshima) archive and Takasu research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Takasu Station (Hiroshima)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Takasu Station (Hiroshima)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.