History
Nissen 14-jō Stop (SC08) is on the Sapporo Streetcar Yamahana-nishi Line in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, at the Fukuzumi-Sōen-dōri/Komezato-Gyōkei-dōri intersection (Minami 14-jō Nishi 14-chōme). It opened on 23 November 1931 as single-tracked Minami-14-jō Stop, was double-tracked on 5 October 1951, renamed Nishi-sen 14-jō on 15 November 1958, had its romanisation updated from Nissen- to Nishisen- on 1 April 2001 and was assigned the stop number SC08 on 1 April 2015.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Nissen 14-jō Stop is adjacent to the Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Sapporo, one of only a handful of foreign consulates in Hokkaidō, sitting next door to local schools and supermarkets.