History
Hamano-machi Arcade traces back to platforms added to the 1920 Nishi-Hamano-machi stop at some point between 1921 and 1933 to serve the entrance to the Hamano-machi shopping arcade. For decades the two sets of platforms operated as one stop under the name Nishi-Hamano-machi (with the arcade side carrying the parenthetical Ākēdo-iriguchi). On 1 August 2018 the arcade-side platforms were elevated into an independent stop, Hamano-machi Arcade. The platforms underwent track-grade work in 2009 and an arcade-side rebuild in 2010. It is stop number 36 on the Hotarujaya Branch Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Even before the 2018 separation, passengers who travelled between the two halves of the old Nishi-Hamano-machi stop were charged a regular tram fare — the two platforms were always counted as separate fare stops.