Getting Here

Map

address: 1-5-2 Wakihama Kaigandori,
Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073 Japan

By train

Nearest JR Shinkansen station: JR Shin-Kobe

• From Shinkansen station, take the Kobe City Subway to Sannomiya station.
• From Sannomiya Station, choose from the following options:
  • Hanshin Electric Railway: Get off at Iwaya Station or Kasuganomichi Station (East ticket gate).
    About 10 minutes on foot.
  • JR: Get off at Nada Station (South Exit). About 12 minutes on foot.

By city bus

Take a Kobe City bus (local bus) from the “Sannomiya Station Terminal Mae” stop nearest to JR Sannomiya Station, and get off at the “Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution” stop on the 29 or 101 line.
It takes about 20 minutes.

• List of stops on the 29 train (including “Sannomiya Station Terminal Mae” timetable)
• The direction of this system changes depending on the time of day.
  • Approx. morning: Sannomiya → Customs→ Maya Quay → HAT Kobe → Sannomiya
  • Approx. afternoon: Sannomiya → HAT Kobe → Maya Quay → Customs→ Sannomiya
    (In the morning, the bus departs from Maya Quay for Sannomiya via Customs)
• List of bus stops on the 101 system (including “Sannomiya Station Terminal Mae” timetable)

For more information about Kobe City Buses, click here (Kobe City Bus page on the Kobe City Transportation Bureau website)

By car

Nearest IC by expressway

• Exit at Ikutagawa IC on the Hanshin Expressway Kobe Line. (approx. 8 min.)
• Exit at Maya IC on the Hanshin Expressway Kobe Line. (approx. 4 min.)

By cab from the nearest station

• Approx. 10 min. from Hankyu/Hanshin Kobe Sannomiya Station or JR Sannomiya Station
• Approx. 5 min. from Hanshin Iwaya Station or JR Nada Station
• Approx. 10 min. from Hankyu Oji Koen Station

Air Access from the nearest airport

Kansai International Airport KIX

• Airport Limousine Bus to JR Sannomiya Station. Approximately 70 minutes.
  From JR Sannomiya Station, please take a train, bus, or cab.
• High-speed boat (Bay Shuttle) Approximately 30 min.

Kobe Airport

• Portliner train to Sannomiya Station. Approximately 18 minutes. From JR Sannomiya Station, please take a train, bus, or cab.

Itami Airport (Osaka International Airport)

• Airport Limousine Bus to JR Sannomiya Station. Approximately 40 minutes.
  From JR Sannomiya Station, please take a train, bus, or cab.