Nunobiki Gohonmatsu Dam

Nunobiki Dam is a dam in Kobe, in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. It is the first concrete gravity dam in Japan. It is situated in Chuo-ku, Kobe, at the foot of the mountain stream Nunohiki and waterfall of the same name.

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Type: Dam
Description: dam
Also known as: “Nunobiki Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nunobiki Odaki Waterfall and Kobe Nunobiki Herb Garden.

Nunobiki Odaki Waterfall

Waterfall

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Nunobiki Falls is a set of waterfalls near downtown Kobe, Japan, with an important significance in Japanese literature and Japanese art. In Japan, Nunobiki is considered one of the greatest "divine falls" together with Kegon Falls and Nachi Falls. Nunobiki Odaki Waterfall is situated 380 metres east of Nunobiki Gohonmatsu Dam.

Kobe Nunobiki Herb Garden

Garden

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The Nunobiki Herb Garden is a herb garden located on Mount Rokkō above Kobe, Japan. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged. The garden is accessed by Shin-Kobe Ropeway gondola lift from downtown Kobe. Kobe Nunobiki Herb Garden is situated 490 metres north of Nunobiki Gohonmatsu Dam.

Shin-Kobe

Railway station

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Shin-Kōbe station is a railway station on the San'yō Shinkansen and the Seishin-Yamate Line serving the city of Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area. It is located to the north of Kobe city centre, at the foot of Mount Rokkō. Shin-Kobe is situated 720 metres southeast of Nunobiki Gohonmatsu Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kobe and Chūō-ku.

Kobe

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Kōbe is a historic port city in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan. Together with Kyoto and Osaka, it makes up the three-city agglomeration of Keihanshin, Japan's largest after greater Tokyo.

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.