Nagata

Nagata Station is a railway station in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from the nearby Nagata Shrine.

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Type: Railway stop
Description: metro station in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Nagata (Nagatajinjamae) Station” and “Nagata Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kōsoku Nagata Station and Nagata Shrine.

Kōsoku Nagata Station

Railway station

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Kōsoku Nagata Station is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Kōsoku Nagata Station is situated 170 metres south of Nagata.

Nagata Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Japan. At Nagata, Kotoshironushi-no-Okami is enshrined. The shrine is associated with Amaterasu, who is said to have told Empress Jingū that a shrine was wanted at Nagata. Nagata Shrine is situated 500 metres northwest of Nagata.

Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital

Hospital

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Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital is situated 520 metres east of Nagata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyogo-ku and Suma-ku.

Hyogo-ku

Suburb

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Hyogo is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 14.68 km2 and a population of 109,144. The area's location with a natural harbour near the Akashi Strait which links Osaka Bay and the Seto inland sea has been an important location throughout the history of Japan.