# Sannomiya

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Area of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

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A Sannomiya view from [Shin-Kobe](/source/Shin-Kobe_Station)

View of Sannomiya station at night

**Sannomiya** (三宮) is a district of [Chūō-ku](/source/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D-ku%2C_Kobe), [Kobe-shi](/source/Kobe-shi), [Hyōgo Prefecture](/source/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan). Sannomiya serves as the financial, commercial, and the entertainment center of [Kobe](/source/Kobe). The district takes the name from Sannomiya Shrine, a branch of [Ikuta Shrine](/source/Ikuta_Shrine).[1]

Before the 1920s, Sannomiya was just a small suburb of the city. The major suburbs were [Motomachi](/source/Motomachi%2C_Kobe) and [Shinkaichi](/source/Shinkaichi) which are west of Sannomiya. In 1933, the [Sogo](/source/Sogo) [Department Store](/source/Department_Store) moved from Motomachi to premises in front of [Sannomiya Station](/source/Sannomiya_Station). The area started to develop rapidly.

Sannomiya is also the hub for most of the transportation systems in Kobe. [JR West](/source/West_Japan_Railway_Company), [Hankyu Railway](/source/Hankyu_Railway), [Hanshin Electric Railway](/source/Hanshin_Electric_Railway), [Kobe Municipal Subway](/source/Kobe_Municipal_Subway) and [Kobe New Transit](/source/Kobe_New_Transit) use [Kobe-Sannomiya Station](/source/Kobe-Sannomiya_Station) as their primary station in the area. The [Kobe Incident](/source/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](/source/Grave_of_the_Fireflies)*, Sannomiya station was mentioned.

## See also

- [Daimaru Kobe](/source/Daimaru) (diagonally in front of the above-mentioned Sannomiya Shrine)

- [Kobe-Sannomiya Station](/source/Kobe-Sannomiya_Station) (Hankyu, Hanshin, Kobe Municipal Subway, Kobe New Transit)

- [Sannomiya Station (JR West)](/source/Sannomiya_Station_(JR_West))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Sannomiya Shrine"](https://www.kobestation.com/sannomiya-shrine/). *www.kobestation.com*. Retrieved 2024-12-07.

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