History
Gyōkei-dōri Stop (SC18) is on the Sapporo Streetcar Yamahana Line in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, at the Nishi-7-chōme-dōri/Komezato-Gyōkei-dōri intersection (Minami 14-jō Nishi 6-chōme). It opened on 25 August 1923 as Gyōkei-dōro Stop, the southern terminus of the Sapporo Electric Tramway Yamahana Line; the line was extended south in July 1925, was municipalised on 1 December 1927 and the stop was renamed Gyōkei-dōro Gokoku-jinja-mae on 1 April 1942 — the first of several name iterations through Gyōkei-dōro Shōtoku-jinja-mae (1948), Nakajima-kyūjō-dōri Shōtoku-jinja-mae (1949) and back to Gyōkei-dōro Shōtoku-jinja-mae (1949). The final form Gyōkei-dōri took effect on 24 March 1950, and the stop number SC18 was assigned on 1 April 2015.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Gyōkei-dōri Stop has the unusual distinction of being renamed four times in just nine years between 1942 and 1950, the names alternating combinations of "Gyōkei-dōro", "Gokoku-jinja-mae" and "Shōtoku-jinja-mae" before settling on the present concise form.