Okamoto Station (Hyōgo)

Okamoto Station 岡本駅
General information
Location	Okamoto Gochome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo （神戸市東灘区岡本五丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°43′44.78″N 135°16′32.63″E
Operated by	Hankyu Corporation
Line(s)	Kobe Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	HK-11
History
Opened	1920
Passengers
	6,905,000

Okamoto Station (岡本駅, Okamoto-eki, station number: HK-11) is a railway station on the Hankyu Kobe Line in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Mikage Station and Ashiyagawa Station.

This station located near Settsu-Motoyama Station on the JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line), and an entrance to Konan University, Konan Women's University, and Kobe Pharmaceutical University.

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 platforms serving a track each.

1	■ Kobe Line	for Sannomiya, Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line
2	■ Kobe Line	for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Umeda, Kyoto and Hankyu

Surroundings

• Settsu-Motoyama Station (JR Kōbe Line)
• Konan University
• Konan Women's University
• Konan Girls' Junior and Senior High School
• Kobe Pharmaceutical University
• Yamate Road

Buses

Kobe City Bus

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

Kobe Minato Kanko

• Route 11 directly to Rokko Island
• Route 12 for Hanshin Mikage and Rokko Island / for Shukugawa Green Town (Hankyu Shukugawa Station)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hankyu Kobe Line (HK-11)
Ashiyagawa (HK-10)		Local		Hankyu (K-12)
Ashiyagawa (HK-10)		Express Commutation Express		Mikage (K-12)
Shukugawa (HK-09)		Rapid Express		Rokkō (K-13)
Shukugawa (HK-09)		Limited Express "Atago" (operated during crowded season)		Rokkō (K-13)
Shukugawa (HK-09)		Limited Express Morning Commutation Limited Express		Sannomiya (HK-16)