JR Nara Station, along with Kintetsu Nara Station, forms a railroad terminal and the gateway to Nara City. In the periphery of Nara Station, utilizing the site of a former rail yard, a redevelopment is taking place where a civic hall, hotels and commercial facilities have been located and the formation of a new core of cultural and commercial activities is aimed at. An elevated railroad tracks project will be completed in 2010, when the 1300th anniversary of transfer of the Nara Heijyo-kyo capital is to be celebrated.
www.city.nara.nara.jp/tshkikku/project/project01_06.htm (Japanese only)

    JR Amagasaki Station is an important railway junction where JR Tokaido- Main Line, Tozai Line, and Fukuchiyama Line converge. In the northern periphery of the station, a new broad-based urban center is being developed by utilizing underemployed/unused land on the sites of former freight yards and largescale factories. Infrastructure development, including a Land Readjustment Project, will be carried out and private sector initiative is being employed to put together diverse urban functions such as commercial, business, residential, and interactive capabilities.
www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/web/contents/info/city/city03/ryokuyu/ (Japanese only)

    As the new symbol displaying the future orientation of Himeji, the central core of the broad Western Hyogo seaside and Harima areas, as the base for citizens' life, culture and interaction, and as an international tourist attraction and the gateway to the core city of Nishiharima Technopolis, several roles are being given to the area surrounding JR Himeji Station, and development of an infrastructure better suited to an era of globalization and increasing reliance on information is expected. Currently in the works is a bustling and yet pleasant interactive urban center which utilizes the vast, newly generated land space created as the result of a comprehensive urban infrastructure development that incorporates the Land Readjustment Project (to be completed in about ten years), elevated railroad tracks and related road construction projects.
www.city.himeji.hyogo.jp/kouka/index.html (Japanese only)