Old aerial photographs and today in Hiroshima Prefecture

Photographs by era

• 1945-1950: Koyo New Town / Bishamondai / Around Mazda Stadium (Former Hiroshima East Freight Yard) / Ujina / Hiroshima Port District
• 1961-1969: Koyo New Town / Bishamondai / Around Mazda Stadium (Former Hiroshima East Freight Yard) / Shoko Center (Hiroshima Western Reclaimed Land) / Ujina / Hiroshima Port District
• 1974-1978: Koyo New Town / Bishamondai / Around Mazda Stadium (Former Hiroshima East Freight Yard) / Shoko Center (Hiroshima Western Reclaimed Land) / Ujina / Hiroshima Port District
• 1979-1983: Koyo New Town / Bishamondai / Around Mazda Stadium (Former Hiroshima East Freight Yard) / Shoko Center (Hiroshima Western Reclaimed Land) / Ujina / Hiroshima Port District
• 1987-1990: Koyo New Town / Bishamondai / Around Mazda Stadium (Former Hiroshima East Freight Yard) / Shoko Center (Hiroshima Western Reclaimed Land) / Ujina / Hiroshima Port District

Station areas in this prefecture that became most built up (top 10)

Ranked by how much the share of built-up area within 500 m of each station grew from 1976 to 2021. The national ranking is in Station areas that became most built up in 45 years.

Urban area share (top: 1976, bottom: 2021)

1. 1 Ekiya StationJR West Fukuen Line
2. 2 Higashi-Onomichi StationJR West Sanyo Line
3. 3 Chorakuji StationHiroshima Rapid Transit Line 1
4. 4 Shoko Center-iriguchi StationHiroshima Electric Railway Miyajima Line
5. 4 Michinoue StationJR West Fukuen Line
6. 6 Shichikenjaya StationJR West Kabe Line
7. 7 Shin-Inokuchi StationJR West Sanyo Line
8. 8 Chikata StationJR West Fukuen Line
9. 9 Manaikura StationJR West Fukuen Line
10. 9 Ajina StationJR West Sanyo Line

Source: processed from National Land Numerical Information (Land Use Subdivision Mesh / Railway Data / Administrative Boundaries / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) / Photographs: GSI Tiles (aerial photographs by era / latest nationwide photographs)