Daikai Station

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.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Daikai” and “Daikai-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hyōgo and Kamisawa.

Hyōgo

Railway stop

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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. Hyōgo is situated 450 metres south of Daikai Station.

Kamisawa

Railway stop

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Kamisawa Station is a railway station in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Kamisawa is situated 390 metres northwest of Daikai Station.

Shinkaichi Station

Railway station

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Shinkaichi Station is a railway station operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co, Ltd., Hankyu Corporation and Kobe Electric Railway Co, Ltd. in the district of Shinkaichi, Hyogo-ku, Kobe opened on April 7, 1968. Shinkaichi Station is situated 1 km northeast of Daikai 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.