History
This stop opened on 16 November 1915 (Taishō 4) on the same day as Nagasaki Electric Tramway's first-phase line, originally named Inasabashi-dōri. At that time the line ran parallel to the Nagasaki Main Line and the stop sat next to a level crossing, which was grade-separated in 1965 (Shōwa 40). The route was relocated onto the newly built National Route 206 on 19 December 1957 (Shōwa 32), the old stop was abolished, and the new stop was renamed Funaguramachi. On 20 September 1966 (Shōwa 41) it was renamed again to Takaramachi. The stop was moved 0.1 km toward Yachiyomachi on 20 January 1968 (Shōwa 43), rebuilt on 25 March 1999 (Heisei 11) with shelter-style canopies and platform realignment alongside catenary centre-pole conversion. On 1 October 2024 (Reiwa 6), with the opening of the Nagasaki Stadium City complex, the stop was renamed Stadium City South under a naming-rights partnership with Regional Creation Nagasaki — the Tetsudō Yōran register also adopted the new name, though Takaramachi is still shown on some local signage. The stop is number 25 on the Main Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The stop is a key transfer point for buses heading to areas across Nagasaki Harbour, including factories of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. A pedestrian overpass remains here even though Nagasaki Electric Tramway has been removing such bridges elsewhere to improve accessibility. Beyond convenience, the line of Funaguramachi substations marks the area's electrical history — the original Funaguramachi substation aged into 1968 retirement, was succeeded by Tenjinmachi closer to Nagasaki Station, and after that aged out the new Mifunagura-machi substation took over in 2015 (Heisei 27).