History
Nishi-Hamano-machi opened on 25 December 1920 with the Tsuki-machi – Furumachi extension of the Nagasaki Electric Tramway, originally only on the Dōza-machi side. A second platform on the Hamano-machi side (later named Arcade Entrance) was added at some point between 1921 and 1933. The 9 August 1945 atomic bombing spared this intersection but knocked the whole tramway out of service; the Nagasaki-ekimae – Nishi-Hamano-machi – Hotarujaya segment was the first to reopen on 25 November 1945, while the Nishi-Hamano-machi – Shianbashi section took longer, only reopening on 1 July 1953 after black-market stalls were cleared from the tracks. The Dōza-machi platforms were rebuilt on 20 March 2000, and on 1 August 2018 the Arcade-Entrance platforms were spun off as the separate Hamano-machi Arcade stop. It is stop number 32 and the junction of the Main Line with the Hotarujaya Branch Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The neighbourhood name "Nishi-Hamano-machi" no longer exists as a postal address — this stop is the only place where the old town name survives.