History
Nissen 9-jō Asahiyama-kōen-dōri Stop (SC06) is on the Sapporo Streetcar Yamahana-nishi Line in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, at the Fukuzumi-Sōen-dōri/Kikusui-Asahiyama-kōen-dōri intersection. It opened on 23 November 1931 as Minami-9-jō Stop, was double-tracked in 1951, renamed Nishi-sen 9-jō Stop on 8 July 1957, Asahiyama-kōen-dōri Stop on 1 May 1973, and lengthened to the current 20-character name Nishi-sen 9-jō Asahiyama-kōen-dōri on 1 May 1974 after local opposition restored the "Nishi-sen 9-jō" portion. The romanisation was updated from Nissen- to Nishisen- on 1 April 2001 and the stop number SC06 assigned on 1 April 2015.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
From the 1974 rename until 1990 — 16 years — the 20-character name "Nishisen 9-jō Asahiyama-kōen-dōri" was Japan's longest railway station name, surrendering the title to the 22-character Chōjagahama Shiosai-Hamanasu-Kōen-mae on the Kashima-rinkai Ōarai-Kashima Line. As of 2021 it is no longer the longest streetcar stop name either (Toyama Toyopet-Honsha-mae took over).