When Kawaramachi-dori Street was widened in the 1920s and the tracks of the streetcars were transferred there, Teramachi-dori Street yielded its position as a main street to Kawaramachi-dori Street.
1920年代に河原町通が拡幅されると、市電のルートもそちらに移るなどメインストリートの座を譲った。