History
The stop opened on 16 November 1915 as Ibinokuchi, on the same day the Nagasaki Electric Tramway began service. The original platforms stood west of today's Takarachō Park and the line then curved around the park to parallel the JR Nagasaki Main Line. In 1956 the stop moved to a position in front of Takarachō Park, and on 20 September 1966 it was renamed Zenza-machi. A pedestrian footbridge to the platforms was removed on 9 February 1995, with the stop relocated about 100 metres closer to Morimachi. On 1 October 2024, in conjunction with the opening of Nagasaki Stadium City, the stop was renamed Stadium City North under a sponsorship agreement with the venue's operator. It is stop number 24 on the Main Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The Zenza-machi ("mint town") name preserved on local signage refers to the Edo-period coin-minting workshop (銭座) that gave the neighbourhood its name, even though the stop itself sits in Mezame-chō rather than Zenza-machi.