Okamoto Station (Hyōgo)

Okamoto Station
岡本駅
Location Okamoto Gochome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo
(神戸市東灘区岡本五丁目)
Japan
Coordinates 34°43′44.78″N 135°16′32.63″E / 34.7291056°N 135.2757306°E / 34.7291056; 135.2757306Coordinates: 34°43′44.78″N 135°16′32.63″E / 34.7291056°N 135.2757306°E / 34.7291056; 135.2757306
Operated by Hankyu Corporation
Line(s) Kobe Main Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code HK-11
History
Opened 1920
Traffic
Passengers ([1]) 6,905,000

Okamoto Station (岡本駅 Okamoto-eki, station number: HK-11) is a railway station on the Hankyu Kobe Line in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Mikage Station and Ashiyagawa Station.

This station located near Settsu-Motoyama Station on the JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line), and an entrance to Konan University, Konan Women's University, and Kobe Pharmaceutical University.

In the area around Okamoto Station, there are two famous 'Bairin', spots to see plum flowers in early spring. Those are Okamoto Bairin and Hokura Bairin.

Layout

There are two side platforms serving a track each.

1  Kobe Line for Kobe-sannomiya, Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line
2  Kobe Line for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Ōsaka (Umeda), Kyōto and Takarazuka

Surroundings

Buses

Kobe City Bus
Kobe Minato Kanko

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hankyu Kobe Line (HK-11)
Ashiyagawa (HK-10)   Local   Mikage (K-12)
Ashiyagawa (HK-10)   Express
Commutation Express
  Mikage (K-12)
Shukugawa (HK-09)   Rapid Express   Rokkō (K-13)
Shukugawa (HK-09)   Limited Express "Atago"
(operated during crowded season)
  Rokkō (K-13)
Shukugawa (HK-09)   Limited Express
Morning Commutation Limited Express
  Kobe-sannomiya (HK-16)

References

  1. Kobe city statistics April 2008–March 2009. Number of boarding passengers.
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