Hondōri

The street prospered in the early twentieth century, and the whole shopping area was destroyed by the atomic bombing in 1945. It was rebuilt, with an arcade installed in 1954 and replaced in 1992. Today clothing shops, restaurants and variety stores line the arcade, alongside a few long-established shops dating back to the Saigoku Kaidō era. Stone markers set into the pavement record old town names such as Kawaya-machi and Hirataya-machi. The Hiroden tram stop and the Astram Line station, both named Hondōri, serve the street.