{{Short description|Area of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2024}} [[File:Twilight view of Kobe, from a point near Shin-Kobe station.jpg|thumb|300px|A Sannomiya view from [[Shin-Kobe Station|Shin-Kobe]]]] [[File:REMM-buildingnight.jpg|thumb|View of Sannomiya station at night]] {{Nihongo|'''Sannomiya'''|三宮|}} is a district of [[Chūō-ku, Kobe|Chūō-ku]], [[Kobe-shi]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Sannomiya serves as the financial, commercial, and the entertainment center of [[Kobe]]. The district takes the name from Sannomiya Shrine, a branch of [[Ikuta Shrine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sannomiya Shrine |url=https://www.kobestation.com/sannomiya-shrine/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=www.kobestation.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Before the 1920s, Sannomiya was just a small suburb of the city. The major suburbs were [[Motomachi, Kobe|Motomachi]] and [[Shinkaichi]] which are west of Sannomiya. In 1933, the [[Sogo]] [[Department Store]] moved from Motomachi to premises in front of [[Sannomiya Station]]. The area started to develop rapidly.
Sannomiya is also the hub for most of the transportation systems in Kobe. [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]], [[Hankyu Railway]], [[Hanshin Electric Railway]], [[Kobe Municipal Subway]] and [[Kobe New Transit]] use [[Kobe-Sannomiya Station]] as their primary station in the area. The [[Kobe Incident]] in 1868 occurred in this suburb in front of the Sannomiya Shrine.
== In popular culture == In the 1988 film ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'', Sannomiya station was mentioned.
==See also== *[[Daimaru|Daimaru Kobe]] (diagonally in front of the above-mentioned Sannomiya Shrine) *[[Kobe-Sannomiya Station]] (Hankyu, Hanshin, Kobe Municipal Subway, Kobe New Transit) *[[Sannomiya Station (JR West)]]
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