昭和13年（1938年）1月と４月　
撮影：栄花文造氏　佐伯区楽々園

「楽々園駅」は、広島で初めての遊園地「楽々園」に客を呼び込む目的でつくられた。このあたりには江戸時代に塩田が開かれていたが、その後衰退し廃止。昭和１１年、当時宮島線を経営していた広島電鉄の前身、広島瓦斯電軌が、塩田の埋め立て地に遊園地を開設、「楽々園」と名付けた。当時は「遊園地」そのものの概念が珍しく、大いに話題を呼び、お客は遠く島根など県外からもやって来た。園内は、電気自動車、汽車、プール、猿が島などがあって、日常生活とは全く違う夢の別天地。「明日は楽々園」と言われて眠れない子も多かった。子供は勿論大人も充分楽しんだ。戦前の園内は、ゆったりと余裕があり、家族連れが弁当を広げていた。年と共に遊具も増えて賑わったが、昭和４６年（1971年）に閉園となった。
参考資料：「ひろしま今昔」（ＲＣＣ番組1989/11/25放送）より
Filmed January and April 1938 (Showa 13) by Bunzo Eika
Rakurakuen, Saeki Ward
Rakurakuen Station was opened to attract visitors to Rakurakuen, the first amusement park in Hiroshima. In the Edo period, the area was covered with salt evaporation ponds, which gradually disappeared as salt production declined. In 1936 Hiroshima Gasudenki (today’s Hiroshima Electric Railway), the firm operating the Miyajima Line, opened an amusement park on land reclaimed from the salt ponds. Named Rakurakuen, the amusement park, which was still a novel concept in Japan, attracted great attention and visitors from as far as Shimane and other places outside the prefecture. Attractions included electric cars, a steam locomotive, swimming pools, and a monkey enclosure, offering a complete escape from everyday life. Many children found it hard to sleep on the night before a trip to Rakurakuen. Adults apparently found the park enjoyable too. Pre-war Rakurakuen was spaciously laid out, allowing families to spread picnics. Greater numbers of amusement rides were added in the ensuing years as visitor numbers grew. The park closed in 1971.
Reference: Hiroshima Konjaku [Hiroshima Past and Present] (RCC program broadcast on November 25, 1989)