Hyōgo Station

Hyōgo Station is a railway station in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company. The station is served by the part of the San'yō Main Line nicknamed the JR Kōbe Line, and also is the terminus for the branch line nicknamed the Wadamisaki Line.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Daikai Station and Nōfuku Temple.

Daikai Station

Railway station

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Daikai Station is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was the first underground structure not crossing an active fault that has completely collapsed during an earthquake without liquefaction of the surrounding soil and was well-documented. Daikai Station is situated 470 metres north of Hyōgo Station.

Nōfuku Temple

Buddhist temple

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Nōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple that, from the legend, was founded in 805 by the monk Saichō, in Kita Sakasegawa, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Nōfuku Temple is situated 670 metres east of Hyōgo Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagata-ku and Hatobachō.

Nagata-ku

Suburb

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Nagata is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km2, and a population of 96,072. This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake.