is one of 9 wards of

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. It has an area of 30.36 km², and a population of 212,111 (2012). South of the

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, it is also home to some notable

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brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage.

Transportation

Railways

* JR Kobe Line ( Sumiyoshi - Settsu Motoyama - Konan-Yamate) * Hankyu Kobe Line ( Mikage -

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( Ishiyagawa - Mikage - Sumiyoshi - Uozaki - Ōgi - Fukae) * Rokko Liner

Roads

Hanshin Expressway The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. Operated by , it opened in 1962. Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These section ...

3 - Kobe Route, 5 - Wangan Route *

Route 2 The following highways are numbered 2. For roads numbered A2, see list of A2 roads. For roads numbered B2, see list of B2 roads. For roads numbered M2, see list of M2 roads. For roads numbered N2, see list of N2 roads. International * AH2, As ...

, 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 *

Deutsche Schule Kobe DSK International (DSKI; 神戸ドイツ学院 ''Kobe Doitsu Gakuin'') is an international school on Rokkō Island, in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan. DSK International is an International IB school in Kobe for ages 2 to 12. The school provides curr ...

on Rokko Island Former schools: * Norwegian School - Moved to Rokko Island in 1990, closed in 2005.Den Norske Skolen i Japan lagt ned

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References

External links

Official Site of Higashinada Ward
* Wards of Kobe {{Hyogo-geo-stub