is one of 9

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

s of

Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

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

Hanshin Main Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway company Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan. It connects the two cities of Osaka and Kobe, between and stations respectively. Outline The Main Line of Hanshin is the southernmost railw ...

, it is also home to some notable

sake Sake, , or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indeed any East Asi ...

brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage.

Transportation

Railways

JR Kobe Line JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' J R'', a 1975 novel by William Gaddis * J. R. Ewing, a ''Dallas'' television character * JR Chandler, an ''All My Children'' television character * '' Jornal da Record'', a Brazilian ne ...

( Sumiyoshi - Settsu Motoyama - Konan-Yamate) *

Hankyu Kobe Line , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region. It is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

( Mikage -

Okamoto is the 48th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese fashion model and actress *, professional Nippon Professional Baseball player *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese professional golfer *, ...

) *

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

Roads

Hanshin Expressway The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. History 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 ...

3 - Kobe Route, 5 - Wangan Route * Route 2, Route 43, Route 171

Sea

Port of Kobe The Port of Kobe is a Japanese maritime port in Kobe, Hyōgo in the Keihanshin area, backgrounded by the Hanshin Industrial Region. Located at a foothill of the range of Mount Rokkō, flat lands are limited and constructions of artificial isla ...

( Rokko Island)

Education

Universities: * Kobe International University on Rokko Island *

Konan University is a university on the slopes of Mount Rokkō in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan. It was founded by business tycoons of major companies for their children. A private university with approximately 10,000 students, it offers a wide variety of progra ...

* 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 Nada High School (), is private, college-preparatory, boys school located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Nada High School is well known for its severe entrance examinationhttp://momotaro.boy.jp/html/zennkokuhennsati.htmranking of Japan High Sc ...

International schools: *

Canadian Academy , also known as CA, is an independent pre-K–12 international school in Kobe, Japan which was founded in 1913. The not-for-profit day and boarding school consists of an elementary school, middle school, and high school all located on the campus on ...

on Rokko Island * Deutsche Schule Kobe 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