History
Hotarujaya opened on 20 December 1934 as the eastern terminus of the Uma-machi – Hotarujaya extension of the Nagasaki Electric Tramway. The neighbouring Hotarujaya depot and the line's operations office sit alongside, making the stop the operational hub of the tramway. The name refers to the teahouses (chaya) that once stood at the headwaters of the Nakajima River. It is the eastern terminus of routes 2, 3, 4 and 5, and is stop number 43 on the Hotarujaya Branch Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.