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TheHiroshima Plant is an automobile manufacturing complex inAki,Minami,Hiroshima,Japan, operated byMazda Motor Corporation. The complex consists of two main elements, the head office in Aki District, and the main plant in nearby Ujina District. It was Mazda's only car-assembly plant in Japan until theHofu Plant opened in 1982. Mazda's own museum is situated within the plant, showcasing some of Mazda's historic cars and their present and future models.[1]
The head office opened March 1931 and continues to serve as a site forpiston engine andtransmission production. The facility is 55.1 hectares (136 acres) in size.
The plant complex includes Plants I and II (officially "U1" and "U2" for their Ujina location). The total complex (including the head office and a nearby port) is 1.69 square kilometres (0.65 sq mi) in size.
Ujina 1 opened in November 1966.
Ujina 2's engine plant opened in December 1964, with the current automobile assembly plant opening in December 1972.