Old aerial photographs and today in Okayama Prefecture

Photographs by era

• 1945-1950: Kita-Nagase (Former Okayama Rail Yard) / Former Kurashiki Tivoli Park (Former Kurabo Kurashiki Mill)
• 1961-1969: Kita-Nagase (Former Okayama Rail Yard) / Former Kurashiki Tivoli Park (Former Kurabo Kurashiki Mill) / Mizushima Waterfront (Kurashiki)
• 1974-1978: Kita-Nagase (Former Okayama Rail Yard) / Former Kurashiki Tivoli Park (Former Kurabo Kurashiki Mill) / Mizushima Waterfront (Kurashiki)
• 1979-1983: Kita-Nagase (Former Okayama Rail Yard) / Former Kurashiki Tivoli Park (Former Kurabo Kurashiki Mill) / Mizushima Waterfront (Kurashiki)
• FY2007: Kita-Nagase (Former Okayama Rail Yard) / Former Kurashiki Tivoli Park (Former Kurabo Kurashiki Mill) / Mizushima Waterfront (Kurashiki)

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 Oku StationJR West Ako Line
2. 2 Nishiachi StationJR West Sanyo Line
3. 3 Bizen-Nishiichi StationJR West Uno Line
4. 4 Shin-Kurashiki StationJR West Sanyo Shinkansen / JR West Sanyo Line
5. 5 Soja StationIbara Railway Ibara Line / JR West Kibi Line / JR West Hakubi Line
6. 6 Fukui StationMizushima Rinkai Railway Mizushima Main Line
7. 6 Nishigawara StationJR West Sanyo Line
8. 6 Satosho StationJR West Sanyo Line
9. 9 Osafune StationJR West Ako Line
10. 10 Nakasho StationJR West Sanyo Line
11. 10 Nishi-Tomii StationMizushima Rinkai Railway Mizushima Main Line
12. 10 Kamogata 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)