History
Hiroden-Ajina Station (M37) is on the Hiroden Miyajima Line in Ajina 3-chōme, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima. It opened on 1 August 1978 as Tajiri Station. The parallel JR West Sanyō Main Line opened Ajina Station alongside it in 1989, and on 1 August 2000 Hiroden-Ajina was moved 70 m towards Hiroden-Nishi-Hiroshima and connected to JR Ajina and the adjacent shopping centre by a new footbridge; the station was renamed to its present name on 1 November 2001 — the same day the neighbouring Hiroden station was renamed Ajina-higashi to free up the Ajina label. On 1 April 2007 the down platform was integrated with the bus stop behind it, allowing same-level tram-and-bus interchange — the layout had been pioneered the previous year at Hatsukaichi-shiyakusho-mae (Hera).
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
The station fronts the former site of Hiroshima Natalie, a 1974–1996 amusement park built on reclaimed land directly beside the tracks; after the park closed the site was redeveloped into the FujiGran Natalie shopping centre and high-rise apartments, with the centre's car park now a popular ride-and-ferry option for Miyajima tourists.