Governor of Hyogo Prefecture “Sell the whole river! →Koshien Stadium and residential area in the delta. How were the stadium and the town developed?

The 100th Anniversary of Koshien Stadium. Was it once a “delta and river”? Hanshin Koshien Stadium (Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture), known as the sacred ground for high school baseball and the home of the professional baseball team Hanshin Tigers, is celebrating its 100th anniversary since its opening in August 1924. As this is the memorial year of Japan’s oldest active stadium, the “KOSHIEN CLASSIC SERIES,” in which famous players of the past face off against each other and enjoy special live performances, and collaborations with popular baseball cartoons continue to make the news on a daily basis. Koshien Stadium is accessible from Koshien Station on the Hanshin Honsen Line, just ten minutes from Umeda, Osaka. How did they get this favorable location? …… In fact, the site was originally “just a delta and low marshland,” and the two roads surrounding the stadium were originally rivers. Hanshin Electric Railway acquired the entire area from Hyogo Prefecture and built a streetcar line on the river’s former site, and constructed the stadium and a residential area in the area. 100 years later, Koshien Stadium has taken root as a sacred site for high school and professional baseball, and the surrounding town has developed as a residential area with a population of 45,000 within 1 km of the station. The surrounding area has developed as a residential area with a population of 45,000 within a 1 km radius of the station. The successful urban development of the stadium and residential area together gave Hanshin Electric Railway the pillars of its “sports business,” “real estate business, and residential business,” and made the company strong enough to compete with Hankyu Corporation led by Kazumi Kobayashi. Why did Hanshin Electric Railway purchase the river and delta to build a huge stadium and develop residential land? Let us trace the history of the Koshien Stadium and the town and residential area of Koshien, Nishinomiya City, back 100 years.

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