Takatori Catholic Church

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.

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.

Suma (須磨区, Suma-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. As of February 1, 2012, it has an area of 30.0 km², and a population of 166,324, with 71,745 households. There is a white sandy beach in this ward, which attracts tourists to the Kansai region for sunbathing and popular events during the summer. The beach is also a location in the Japanese literary classics Ise Monogatari, Genji Monogatari, and Heike Monogatari. Suma is often referred to as an utamakura or meisho, and is mentioned frequently in waka, and in Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku dramas. Nowadays, people mainly live in Myodani, Myohoji and other northern parts of the ward.Myōdani Station is a major station in western Kobe.

Komagabayashi Station (駒ヶ林駅, Komagabayashi-eki) is a train station in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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

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.

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.

Kobe Tokiwa University (神戸常盤大学, Kōbe tokiwa daigaku) is a co-educational private university in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The university was established in 2008 by reorganizing two departments (medical technology and nursing) of Kobe Tokiwa College. In 2012 the Department of Pedagogy (child education) of the college will be merged into the university to constitute the Faculty of Education.

Karumo Station (苅藻駅, Karumo-eki) is a train station in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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