Sannomiya

nihongo|Sannomiya|三宮| is a district of Kobe, Japan. Today, it is the biggest downtown area in the city.

Before the 1920s, Sannomiya was just an edge of the city. The major downtowns were Motomachi and Shinkaichi, which are west of Sannomiya. However, after Sogo Department Store moved to the place in front of Sannomiya Station from Motomachi in 1933, the area started to develop rapidly.

Sannomiya is also a hub of many transportation systems in Kobe. JR West, Hankyu Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway, Kobe Municipal Subway, and Kobe New Transit use Sannomiya Station as their core station in the area.

Sannomiya Station is the train station that Seita died at in the Studio Ghibli movie Grave of the Fireflies.

ee also

*Sannomiya Station (JR West)
*Sannomiya Station (Hankyu, Hanshin, Kobe Municipal Subway, Kobe New Transit)