Hyogo-Kobe is located about in the center of Japan, and very convenient to make move in making use of railways, planes and highways. For an instance, 170 minutes (by Shinkansen) to Tokyo, and only 20 minutes (by local trains) to Osaka, the second largest city in Japan. Highways are connecting Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe almost in a strait line, and in Hyogo Prefecture, highway networks have been built in every direction.
Kobe Airport has be opened in February 2006. It connects 6 domestic cities such as Tokyo, Sapporo, Okinawa.

The time required to arrive at an every region in Japan from Kobe