History
The stop opened on 1 September 1911 as 'Enoki-mae' under the Matsuyama Electric Tramway. It was absorbed into the Iyotetsu network on 1 April 1921, double-tracked on 1 May 1936, renamed 'Shiyakusho-mae' in 1944 to reflect the relocated city hall, and rerouted in 1953. A pedestrian overpass that used to stand in front of the stop — long popular for photographing trams against Matsuyama Castle — was removed in 1996 when work began on the underground car park beneath. The stop is on the Iyotetsu Jōnan Line and carries number 21.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Before its 1996 removal, the pedestrian overpass in front of the stop was a well-known vantage point for photographing the trams with Matsuyama Castle in the background. The intersection just south of the stop, Matsuyama Shiyakusho-mae, is the terminus of both National Route 11 (which overlaps with Route 33) and National Route 56.