Kumamoto Castle / City Hall

Weekday departures: 363/day · Sat & holiday departures: 364/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:58 / 23:15

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (32)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Trunk Line: Torichosuji ⇄ Hanabatacho

Kumamoto-jō / Shiyakusho-mae opened on 1 August 1924 as Shiyakusho-mae Station (市役所前停留場) at what is now the Shiyakusho-mae intersection. After two relocations — the second on 16 December 1925 — it moved to its current position in April 1982 and was renamed Kumamoto-jō / Shiyakusho-mae on 1 March 2011. It is stop 10, served by both A- and B-system trams. From late 2024 the immediate area saw a string of operational incidents: a derailment just south of the stop on 31 December 2024 closed Karashima-machi – Suidō-chō for three days; rail-gauge correction work followed on 15–16 January 2025; a collision in the stop on 25 March 2025 injured 15 people and shut the same segment overnight; and on 1 June 2025 rails were found to have come loose, closing the segment from early afternoon.

The stop sits directly opposite Kumamoto City Hall, and from the platform Kumamoto Castle is visible to the north — the city renamed the stop "Kumamoto-jō / Shiyakusho-mae" in 2011 to acknowledge both landmarks.