Higashinada-ku, Kobe

Location of Higashinada-ku in Kobe City

Rokkō Island Line and Rokkō Island from Mount Nagamine of Rokko Mountains

Higashinada (東灘区, Higashinada-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe in 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.^[1]

Transportation

Railways

• JR Kobe Line (Sumiyoshi - Settsu Motoyama - Konan-Yamate)
• Hankyu Kobe Line (Mikage - Okamoto)
• Hanshin Main Line (Ishiyagawa - Mikage - Sumiyoshi - Uozaki - Ōgi - Fukae)
• Rokko Liner

Roads

• Hanshin Expressway 3 - Kobe Route, 5 - Wangan Route
• Route 2, Route 43, Route 171

Sea

• Port of Kobe (Rokko Island)

Education

Rokko Island High School

Universities:

• Kobe International University on Rokko Island
• Konan University
• Konan Women's University

Public high schools:

• Rokko Island High School (神戸市立六甲アイランド高等学校) on Rokko Island

International schools:

• Canadian Academy on Rokko Island^[2]
• Deutsche Schule Kobe on Rokko Island^[3]

Former schools:

• Norwegian School - Moved to Rokko Island in 1990, closed in 2005.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Higashinada Ward Office Kobe City - "Why is Nada sake so tasty?"
2. ↑ "Home" (Archive). Canadian Academy. Retrieved on May 3, 2015. "4-1 Koyo-cho Naka Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-0032"
3. ↑ "Admission." Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School. Retrieved on November 1, 2015. "Rokko Island 3-2-8 Koyochonaka Higashinada-ku Kobe city"
4. ↑ "Den Norske Skolen i Japan lagt ned" (Archive). Norge Idag. 6 August 2005. Retrieved on November 3, 2015.

External links

Media related to Higashinada-ku, Kobe at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Site of Higashinada Ward (English)

Hyōgo Prefecture
Kobe (capital)
Wards of Kobe	Chūō Higashinada Hyōgo Kita Nada Nagata Nishi Suma Tarumi
Core cities	Amagasaki Himeji Nishinomiya
Special cities	Akashi Kakogawa Takarazuka
Cities	Aioi Akō Asago Ashiya Awaji Itami Kasai Katō Kawanishi Miki Minamiawaji Nishiwaki Ono Sanda Sasayama Shisō Sumoto Takasago Tamba Tatsuno Toyooka Yabu
Akō District	Kamigōri
Ibo District	Taishi
Kako District	Harima Inami
Kanzaki District	Fukusaki Ichikawa Kamikawa
Kawabe District	Inagawa
Mikata District	Kami Shin'onsen
Sayō District	Sayō
Taka District	Taka
List of mergers in Hyōgo Prefecture

Coordinates: 34°43′13″N 135°15′56″E / 34.72028°N 135.26556°E / 34.72028; 135.26556