is a railway station on the Hankyu Kobe Line

Hankyu Kobe Line

The of Hankyu Railway is one of the three major commuter heavy rail line in the Keihanshin conurbation of Japan. It links the urban centres of Osaka and Kobe by connecting the major stations of Umeda in Osaka and Sannomiya in Kobe....

 in Higashinada-ku

Higashinada-ku, Kobe

is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km², and a population of 207,146 . South of the Hanshin line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage.-Railways:...

, 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...

, Hyōgo Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

, 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...

, between Mikage Station

Mikage Station (Hankyu)

is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kōbe Main Line in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-History:The station opened on July 16, 1920, simultaneously with the opening of the Kobe Main Line.-Layout:...

 and Ashiyagawa Station

Ashiyagawa Station

is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kōbe Main Line in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:-Adjacent stations:...

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This station located near Settsu-Motoyama Station

Settsu-Motoyama Station

is a railway station on the JR Kōbe Line in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Kōnan-Yamate Station and Sumiyoshi Station. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company ....

 on the JR Kōbe Line

JR Kobe Line

The is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture...

 (Tōkaidō Main Line

Tokaido Main Line

The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...

), and an entrance to Konan University

Konan University

is a university located on the slopes of Rokko Mountain in Higashinada-ku, the city of Kobe, Japan. A private university with approximately 10,000 students, the university offers a wide variety of programs to Japanese students, as well as an international exchange program through the Konan...

, Konan Women's University

Konan Women's University

is a private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1920, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1955. In 1964 it became a four-year college.-External links:*...

, and Kobe Pharmaceutical University

Kobe Pharmaceutical University

is a private university in Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1930, and it was chartered as a women's college in 1949. In 1994 the school became coeducational, adopting the present name.-External links:*...

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In the area around Okamoto Station, there are two famous 'Bairin', spots to see plum flowers in early spring. Those are Okamoto Bairin and Hokura Bairin.

Layout

There are two side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s serving a track each.

Surroundings

• Settsu-Motoyama Station
  Settsu-Motoyama Station
  is a railway station on the JR Kōbe Line in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Kōnan-Yamate Station and Sumiyoshi Station. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company ....
  
   (JR Kōbe Line
  JR Kobe Line
  The is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture...
  
  )
• Konan University
  Konan University
  is a university located on the slopes of Rokko Mountain in Higashinada-ku, the city of Kobe, Japan. A private university with approximately 10,000 students, the university offers a wide variety of programs to Japanese students, as well as an international exchange program through the Konan...
  
  
• Konan Women's University
  Konan Women's University
  is a private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1920, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1955. In 1964 it became a four-year college.-External links:*...
  
  
• Konan Girls' Junior and Senior High School
• Kobe Pharmaceutical University
  Kobe Pharmaceutical University
  is a private university in Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1930, and it was chartered as a women's college in 1949. In 1994 the school became coeducational, adopting the present name.-External links:*...
  
  
• Yamate Road

Buses

Kobe City Bus

• Route 30 for , Higashinada Senior High School, and Fukae-Hamamachi
• Route 31 for JR Konan-Yamate / for Uzumoridai
• Route 33 for JR Konan-Yamate / for
• Route 34 for JR Konan-Yamate / for Uozaki-Hamamachi

Kobe Minato Kanko

• Route 11 directly to Rokko Island
  Rokko Island
  is the second major artificial island in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan located in the southeast region at Port of Kobe. The island was constructed from reclaimed land between 1973 and 1992. It has a 3.4 km by 2 km rectangular shape, and covers 5.80 km². The island was one of the hardest hit areas in...
  
  
• Route 12 for Hanshin Mikage and Rokko Island / for Shukugawa Green Town (Hankyu Shukugawa Station
  Shukugawa Station
  is a train station operated by Hankyu Corporation in Aioichō, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-Lines:*Hankyu Railway**Kōbe Line**Kōyō Line -Layout:...
  
  )

Adjacent stations