<p>Night-time view of Shin Kobe bullet train station. The station is near to the old foreign settlements in Kitano-cho, and if you have some time left and the area is pretty good for a nice French or Italian dinner before you leave Kobe.</p>

Night-time view of Shin Kobe bullet train station. The station is near to the old foreign settlements in Kitano-cho, and if you have some time left and the area is pretty good for a nice French or Italian dinner before you leave Kobe. (Photo: Manish Prabhune)

Shin-Kobe Station

Bullet train station in a picturesque setting

Manish Prabhune Feb 17, 2014 - 1 min read

<p>Night-time view of Shin Kobe bullet train station. The station is near to the old foreign settlements in Kitano-cho, and if you have some time left and the area is pretty good for a nice French or Italian dinner before you leave Kobe.</p>

<p>The Shin Kobe bullet train station. The station is accessible within 10 minutes from Kobe's city center of Sannomiya. The ropeway to Mount Maya and the hiking trail starts on the opposite side of the station. </p>

<p>The shinkansen coming out of the tunnel which starts near Mount Rokko and exits just before the arrival at Shin Kobe Station. The picture was taken from the hiking trail starting point of Mount Maya.</p>

<p>Platform view of Shin Kobe Station at night-time. It's a relatively small station with only two platforms, one going towards Osaka, the other one to Akashi. </p>

<p>The Nozomi N700 series bullet train arrives from Tokyo and takes a stop at Shin Kobe Station before proceeding to its final destination Hakata. It's a 2 hours 45 minutes journey from Tokyo to Kobe. </p>

<p>Nozomi N700 speeds into Shin Kobe Station.</p>

<p>Shin Kobe Station on the right and the hiking trail next to the shinkansen station. Shin Kobe Station is also advertised as a tourist destination in autumn.</p>

<p>The overbridge from Shin Kobe Station, connecting to the city side for people who want to access on foot or connect to various hotels nearby the station</p>

<p>Just next to the ticket gate of the station is a place where you can get an English breakfast for just 500 yen, with unlimited coffee refills—yummy!</p>

Shin Kobe Station is perhaps one of the very few bullet train stations in a natural and picturesque setting, and at the same time being directly connected with Tokyo. The station is at the base of Mount Maya and it is surrounded by natural beauty with a hiking trail starting just behind the station.

Manish Prabhune

Manish Prabhune @manish.prabhune

Travelling to various places and locations in Japan for over 20 years now, I want to share my experiences and also hear about destinations that I still have not been to in the land of the rising sun. Am a photography enthusiast and love to do slow shutter blue hour photography in Tokyo.