Higashinada-ku, Kobe

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]

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

Location of Higashinada-ku in Kobe

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]