Suma-ku, Kobe

Takatori Station (鷹取駅, Takatori Eki) is a railway station on the JR West San'yō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Only local trains stop at Takatori Station. The station has an unusual layout. It has one island platform serving two tracks, and additional tracks on the northern side for Special Rapid Service (新快速, Shin-Kaisoku), express trains and freight trains. While the Akashi-bound express track is immediately adjacent to the station and is viewable from the platform, the Kobe-bound express track is separated from the platform by a local track, the aforementioned express track, a series of additional tracks and an active freight-related loading area. As a result, the Kobe-bound express track is located roughly 60 meters north of the island platform and is usually not in full view from the platform. Takatori Catholic Church designed by Shigeru Ban, internationally known Japanese architect, is a fifteen-minute walk from Takatori Station. In 2016, Japanese geologists at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science used the seismic waves recorded at Takatori station during the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 to analyze the seismic response of a reinforced concrete pier.

Sumakaihinkōen Station (須磨海浜公園駅, Sumakaihinkōen-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sanyō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Only local trains stop at this station.

Higashi-Suma Station (東須磨駅, Higashi-Suma-eki) is a train station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Tsukimiyama Station (月見山駅, Tsukimiyama-eki) is a train station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Takatori Catholic Church (Katorikku Takatori Kyōkai (カトリックたかとり教会)) is a Catholic church in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is a fifteen-minute walk from Takatori Station in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Itayado Station (板宿駅, Itayado-eki) is a railway station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

The Suma Rikyu Park (須磨離宮公園, Suma Rikyū Kōen, 82.6 hectares) is a park with botanical garden located at Higashi Suma 1-1, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It is open daily except Thursdays; an admission fee is charged. The park was created in 1967 on the general model of the Palace of Versailles park. It includes about 230 types of trees, substantial gardens of iris (40 varieties), rose (160 varieties), and camellia, as well as a botanical garden with greenhouse, collections of hydrangea, peony, and cherry trees (20 varieties), a Japanese garden, tea ceremony rooms, a drive lined with maple trees, etc. The park also includes fountains, a picnic area and restaurant, playground, and an athletic pathway with 28 stations.

Shin-Nagata Station (新長田駅, Shin-Nagata-eki) is a railway station and a metro station in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Sumadera Station (須磨寺駅, Sumadera-eki) is a railway station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Marist Brothers International School (MBIS), founded in 1951, is an international Montessori - Grade 12 school located in Kobe, Japan. The school is accredited by the US-based Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).Marist has an enrollment of approximately 400 students from Japan and other countries. It is credited as being the only international Marist Brothers school in the world.Marist uses the American Curriculum, with most juniors and seniors partaking in the SATs. The school is divided into three parts: Ch1-Ch2- Montessori 1st-6th Grade- Elementary 7th-12th Grade- Upper School

Nishidai Station (西代駅, Nishidai-eki) is a train station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Kobe Tokiwa College (神戸常盤大学短期大学部, Kobe Tokiwa Daigaku Tankidaigakubu) is a co-ed private junior college in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, established in 1967. In 2008 the school corporation (Tamada Educational Institution) established Kobe Tokiwa University by reorganizing two departments (medical technology and nursing) of the college.