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Interactive map visualizes 150 years of Japan's railway station expansion (1872–today)

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An interactive data visualization map showing the growth of Japan's railway network from 1872 to today, with over 9,000 stations plotted by opening date. The map reveals how Japan's railway system expanded rapidly between 1900 and 1930, with private railways competing against the state to reach every valley and suburb, and how the shape of Japan emerges not from its coastline but from the stations themselves.

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A country laid down in forty years

The shape of Japan emerges not from a coastline but from the stations themselves

Private railways race the state to every valley and suburb

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In 1872 Japan had a single railway line. Today the map carries more than 9,000 stations. Drag through 150 years and watch the network fill in — an interactive data map of every Japanese train station with a recorded opening date.

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