Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University

Hyogo University of Health Sciences (兵庫医療大学, Hyōgo iryō daigaku) is a private university in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, established in 2007.

Kobe Women's Junior College (神戸女子短期大学, Kobe joshi tanki daigaku) is a private women's junior college in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, established in 1950.

World Memorial Hall (ワールド記念ホール, Wārudo Kinen Hōru) or World Hall is a multi-purpose arena located in the Chūō-ku Ward of Kobe, Japan. It has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people and is optimized for large-scale meetings, sport events, trade shows and concerts. It is located on the artificial island of Port Island, along with numerous convention centers, hotels and universities.

Minatojima Station (みなとじま駅, Minatojima Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is located on Port Island and is served by the Port Island Line. In 2011, the station changed its name from Shimin Byoin Mae Station (市民病院前駅). The station is also known as Campus Mae Station (キャンパス前), referencing the nearby Kobe Gakuin University's Port Island campus.

Shimin Hiroba Station (市民広場駅, Shimin Hiroba Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is located on Port Island and is served by the Port Island Line. The station is alternatively known as Convention Center Station (コンベンションセンター駅).

Naka Koen (中公園駅, Naka Kōen Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is located on Port Island and is served by the Port Island Line.

Port Island (ポートアイランド, Pōto Airando) is an artificial island in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan. It was constructed between 1966-1980 (Phase 1) and 1987-2009 (Phase 2) at Port of Kobe, and officially opened with an exposition called "Portopia '81." It now houses a heliport, numerous hotels, a large convention center, the UCC Coffee Museum, Japan's third IKEA store, and several parks. The Port Liner automated guideway transit system connects Port Island to Sannomiya Station and to Kobe Airport.

Minami Kōen Station (南公園駅) is a railway station in Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the Port Liner in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. Minami Kōen literally means South Park in English. The station has also the nickname IKEA-mae (IKEA前) as it's close to an IKEA store. The station has only one track as it's on the loop section of Port Liner with one-way traffic only.

Kita Futo Station (北埠頭駅, Kita Futō Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is located on Port Island and is served by the loop portion of the Port Island Line, and trains only run northbound towards Sannomiya.

Naka Futo Station (中埠頭駅, Naka Futō Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is located on Port Island and is served by the loop portion of the Port Island Line, and trains only run northbound towards Sannomiya. The station is alternatively known as XEBEC HALL Station (ジーベックホール駅).

Port Terminal Station (ポートターミナル駅, Pōto Tāminaru Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is on the Port Island Line. The station serves the passenger terminal of the Port of Kobe, which is used by international ferry lines and cruise ships.

The K computer – named for the Japanese word/numeral "kei" (京), meaning 10 quadrillion (1016) – was a supercomputer manufactured by Fujitsu, installed at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science campus in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The K computer was based on a distributed memory architecture with over 80,000 compute nodes. It was used for a variety of applications, including climate research, disaster prevention and medical research. The K computer's operating system was based on the Linux kernel, with additional drivers designed to make use of the computer's hardware.In June 2011, TOP500 ranked K the world's fastest supercomputer, with a computation speed of over 8 petaflops, and in November 2011, K became the first computer to top 10 petaflops. It had originally been slated for completion in June 2012. In June 2012, K was superseded as the world's fastest supercomputer by the American IBM Sequoia.As of November 2018, the K computer held third place for the HPCG benchmark. It held the first place until June 2018, when it was superseded by Summit and Sierra.The K supercomputer was decommissioned on 30 August 2019. In Japan, the K computer was succeeded by the Fugaku supercomputer, in 2020, which took the top spot, and is three times faster than 2nd most powerful supercomputer.