is a view point and a park just aside of the top of Maya-san

Mount Maya

is a high mountain in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the major peaks of the Rokkō Mountains, and is the most popular peak for visitors on the West-Rokkō Mountains.- Outline :...

 in Kobe

Kobe

, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It has one of three major Night Views of Japan and is called ten million dollar night view.

Outline

Kikuseidai is located at about 700 meters above the sea level to the north of , terminal station of Maya Ropeway

Maya Ropeway

The is Japanese aerial lift line in Kōbe, Hyōgo, operated by Kōbe City Urban Development. Together with Maya Cablecar, the line has an official nickname...

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It starts with a walking path decorated with fluorescent

Fluorescence

Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation of a different wavelength. It is a form of luminescence. In most cases, emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore lower energy, than the absorbed radiation...

 material which is supposed to remind visitors of the Milky Way

Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Solar System. This name derives from its appearance as a dim un-resolved "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky...

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Because of its fabulous night view of the city lights spread out before, this place is even likened to "a hill（台） where one could scoop up(掬う) a handful of star（星）," hence the name "Kikuseidai(掬星台)".

Location

Mayasancho, Nada-ku

Nada-ku, Kobe

is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 31.4 km², and a population of 129,095 .A leading national university in Japan, Kobe University, is located in this ward, as is the city's Oji Zoo....

, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture

See also

• three major Night Views of Japan (ja 日本語)
• Mayasancho(ja 日本語)