{{expand Japanese|topic=geo|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Higashinada-ku | native_name = 東灘区<br />ひがしなだく | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = Ward | image_skyline = Hakuturu-sake-museum.jpg | image_caption = Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Japan}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture | subdivision_name1 = Kansai | subdivision_name2 = Hyōgo | subdivision_type3 = City | subdivision_name3 = Kobe | area_total_km2 = 34.03 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = 210534 | pop_est_as_of = 2024 }} thumb|Location of Higashinada-ku in Kobe [[Image:Nagamine07.JPG|right|thumb|380px|Rokkō Island Line and Rokkō Island from Mount Nagamine of Rokko Mountains]]
{{nihongo|'''Higashinada'''|東灘区|Higashinada-ku}} is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km<sup>2</sup>. 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.<ref>[http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/ward/kuyakusho/higashinada/foreign/overview/the_sake_so_tasty.html Higashinada Ward Office Kobe City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405214723/http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/ward/kuyakusho/higashinada/foreign/overview/the_sake_so_tasty.html |date=2018-04-05 }} - "Why is Nada sake so tasty?"</ref>
==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== {{expand section|date=May 2015|small=no}} [[File:NADA Junior and Senior High School.jpg|thumb|220px|Nada High School, one of the top high schools in Japan]] [[File:Rokko Island High School.jpg|thumb|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
Private high school: *Nada High School
International schools: * Canadian Academy on Rokko Island<ref>"[http://www.canacad.ac.jp/ Home]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150426095012/http://www.canacad.ac.jp/ Archive]). Canadian Academy. Retrieved on May 3, 2015. "4-1 Koyo-cho Naka Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-0032"</ref> * Deutsche Schule Kobe on Rokko Island<ref>"[http://dskobe.org/admissions-en/ Admission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402114051/http://dskobe.org/admissions-en/ |date=2016-04-02 }}." Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School. Retrieved on November 1, 2015. "Rokko Island 3-2-8 Koyochonaka Higashinada-ku Kobe city"</ref>
Former schools: * Norwegian School - Moved to Rokko Island in 1990, closed in 2005.<ref>"[http://www.idag.no/aktuelt-oppslag.php3?ID=8002 Den Norske Skolen i Japan lagt ned]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110221/http://www.idag.no/aktuelt-oppslag.php3?ID=8002 Archive]). ''Norge Idag''. 6 August 2005. Retrieved on November 3, 2015.</ref>
==References== <references/>
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/ward/kuyakusho/higashinada/gaikokugo/overview/index_menu.html Official Site of Higashinada Ward] {{in lang|en}} *{{Osmrelation|901517}} {{Kobe}} {{Hyogo}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|34|43|13|N|135|15|56|E|region:JP-28|display=title}}
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