Higashinada-ku, Kobe
Higashinada is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan.
Higashinada is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km2. and a population of 212,111 (2012). South of the Hanshin Main Line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage.
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Worth seeing in and around Higashinada-ku, Kobe
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kobe Shoin University
Kobe Shoin Women's University is an all-women's private university in Nada Ward of Kobe, in western Japan. It was founded by visiting missionaries in 1892.
3.4 km · Japanese private university · Wikipedia - 02Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum opened in 1934 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan to display the collection of Kanō Jihei, seventh head of the Hakutsu Sake Brewing Company. As such it was one of the first private museums in Japan.
1.3 km · art museum · Wikipedia - 03Kosetsu Museum of Art
The Kōsetsu Museum of Art is an art museum that opened in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1973. The museum preserves, researches, and displays the collection of Japanese and East Asian artworks—including Buddhist art, calligraphic works, tea utensils, early-modern paintings, arms and armour, and lacquerware—built up by Murayama Ryōhei, also known as Kōsetsu, founder of The Asahi Shimbun.
1 km · museum for Japanese, Chinese and Korean art in Kobe · Wikipedia - 04Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art is an art museum that opened on Rokkō Island in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1992. The collection includes some 2,500 works by Koiso Ryōhei, as well as those of artists associated with the yōga painter and the city.
3.1 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia - 05Yodokō Guest House
The Yodokō Guest House is a summer villa in Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan. It was built for the well-to-do Japanese sake brewer of Sakura-Masamune, head of Tazaemon Yamamura, and is the only surviving Frank Lloyd Wright residence in Japan.
3.8 km · building in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Higashi Kobe Bridge
The Higashi Kobe Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Kobe, Japan, which opened in 1992. It has a main span of 485 meters and spans a waterway between two artificial islands in Osaka Bay.
2.7 km · bridge in Japan · Wikipedia - 07Asia One Center
The Asia One Center is a 131 meter tall skyscraper located at Center of Rokkō Island, Kobe City, Japan. The 31-story building was previously named Procter & Gamble Technical Center and was the Asia headquarters of Procter and Gamble Group.
3.3 km · Japanese skyscraper · Wikipedia - 08Konan Women's University
Konan Women's University is a private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1920, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1955.
2.6 km · private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine
Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Higashinada ward, Kobe. It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe.
500 m · Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Rokko Yahata Shrine
Rokko Yahata Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine near Hankyu Rokko Station in Nada-ku, Kobe. It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe, alongside Sumiyoshi Shrine.
2.8 km · Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Higashinada-ku, Kobe
- Airports
- Kobe (UKB), 10 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 17 km · Kansai (KIX), 33 km
- Stations
- Rokkōmichi Station, 2.6 km · Kōnan-Yamate Station, 2.7 km · Ashiyagawa Station, 3.7 km · Settsu-Motoyama Station, 1.2 km · Sumiyoshi Station, 300 m
- Tokushima → Higashinada-ku, Kobe97 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · ¥1,300–1,770
- Takamatsu → Higashinada-ku, Kobe119 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · ¥1,840–2,510
- Okayama → Higashinada-ku, Kobe122 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · ¥1,760–2,400
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- Get inThe fastest way to get there is on the Kaijo Access high-speed ferry from Kobe Airport, which runs every 45 minutes (29 minutes, ¥1,850 or ¥1,000 for foreign visitors).
- Get inSeveral ferry services are available to Kobe, including routes from: Takamatsu: Jumbo Ferry, +81 87-811-6688.
- Get inKitakyushu: Hankyu Ferry, +81 78-857-1211.
- Get inShanghai: Miyazaki Car Ferry runs an overnight ferry service from Miyazaki to Kobe.
- Get inTake a bus from Miyazaki station to the ferry terminal.
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Next door to Higashinada-ku, Kobe
Higashinada-ku, Kobe is 6 km from Nishinomiya, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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