Higashinada-ku, Kobe

Higashinada (東灘区, Higashinada-ku) 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.^[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

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^[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 Archived 2018-04-05 at the Wayback Machine - "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 Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine." 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

• Official Site of Higashinada Ward (in English)