History
Shianbashi opened on 30 April 1921 as the eastern terminus of the third-phase Nishi-Hamano-machi – Shianbashi extension of the Nagasaki Electric Tramway. The original station building was a modern two-storey structure with an upstairs restaurant. The line was knocked out of service on 9 August 1945; restoration of the Nishi-Hamano-machi – Shianbashi segment was delayed by black-market stalls on the tracks and was not completed until 1 July 1953, when the stop was also relocated. On 17 June 1968 the line was extended south to Shōkaku-jishita (now Sōfukuji), and Shianbashi became an intermediate stop. The platforms were rebuilt with shelter-style canopies on 9 March 2000. It is stop number 34 on the Main Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The stop's name comes from the eponymous bridge that once led to the Maruyama pleasure quarter — pedestrians would pause on it to ponder (思案 shi-an) whether to cross over or turn back, and the bridge's railings have been partly reconstructed even though the river beneath has been culverted over.