Higashinada-ku, Kobe

Higashinada-ku

東灘区
ひがしなだく
Higashinada-ku 東灘区; ひがしなだく
Ward
	Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefecture	Hyōgo
City	Kobe
Area
• Total	34.03 km2 (13.14 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate (2024)	210,534

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]

Rokkō Island Line and Rokkō Island from Mount Nagamine of Rokko Mountains

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

Nada High School, one of the top high schools in Japan

Rokko Island High School

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

^ Higashinada Ward Office Kobe City Archived 2018-04-05 at the Wayback Machine - "Why is Nada sake so tasty?"
^ "Home" (Archive). Canadian Academy. Retrieved on May 3, 2015. "4-1 Koyo-cho Naka Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-0032"
^ "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"
^ "Den Norske Skolen i Japan lagt ned" (Archive). Norge Idag. 6 August 2005. Retrieved on November 3, 2015.