Maya

Maya Station is a passenger railway station located in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “gare de Maya”, “Higashi-Nada Yard”, “Maya Station”, “摩耶車站”, “東灘信号場”, “東灘信號場”, and “東灘訊號場”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nishinada Station and Iwaya.

Nishinada Station

Railway stop

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Nishinada Station is a railway station on the Hanshin Main Line in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway. Nishinada Station is situated 310 metres south of Maya.

Iwaya

Railway station

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Iwaya Station is a railway station of Hanshin Main Line, in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Nishi-Nada Station and Kasuganomichi Station. Iwaya is situated 780 metres southwest of Maya.

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

Museum

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The Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art is a purpose built municipal art gallery in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in 2002. The major collections of the museum are foreign and Japanese sculptures, foreign and Japanese prints, Western-style and Japanese-style paintings associated with Hyogo Prefecture, Japanese greatworks in modern era, and contemporary art. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art is situated 1¼ km southwest of Maya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Higashinada-ku.

Chūō-ku

Suburb

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Chūō is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 28.46 km2, and a population of 127,602 with 74,814 households as of January 31, 2012. The ward was formed from the 1980 merger of the former Fukiai-ku and Ikuta-ku. Chūō-ku is situated 3½ km southwest of Maya.

Higashinada-ku

Suburb

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Higashinada is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km2. and a population of 212,111. South of the Hanshin Main Line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage. Higashinada-ku is situated 4 km east of Maya.