History
Genbaku-Shiryōkan opened on 9 July 1920 as Hamaguchi on the Nagasaki Electric Tramway Main Line, taking the name Hamaguchi-machi soon afterwards. Like the rest of the system it went out of service after the 9 August 1945 atomic bombing; when the Urakami-eki-mae – Ōhashi section reopened on 16 May 1947 the line was rerouted to run straight between the two, and the old curving private right-of-way was abandoned. In 1990 the Nagasaki Yōkan opened with the tracks passing through its building — a unique sight on the network — and on 15 October 2006 it became the first Nagasaki tramway stop to be turfed inside its platforms. It was renamed Genbaku-Shiryōkan on 1 August 2018 after the adjacent Atomic Bomb Museum, and is stop number 20.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Between the platforms and the next stop the tracks dive into the former Nagasaki Yōkan retail complex, which closed in May 2023; Nagasaki Electric Tramway has said any future demolition would need to keep the in-building line in operation.