instance_of jr kobe line
___MASK6___ . Kita - ku , particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka ___MASK48___ , is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka . Kita - ku is also a financial administration center , housing the headquarters of the Japan Mint and the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan . Himeji ___MASK97___ dates to 1333 , when Akamatsu Norimura built a fort on top of Himeyama hill . The fort was dismantled and rebuilt as Himeyama ___MASK97___ in 1346 , and then remodeled into Himeji ___MASK97___ two centuries later . Himeji ___MASK97___ was then significantly remodeled in 1581 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi , who added a three - story ___MASK97___ keep . In 1600 , Tokugawa Ieyasu awarded the ___MASK97___ to Ikeda Terumasa for his help in the ___MASK2___ of Sekigahara , and Ikeda completely rebuilt the ___MASK97___ from 1601 to 1609 , expanding it into a large ___MASK97___ complex . Several buildings were later added to the ___MASK97___ complex by Honda Tadamasa from 1617 to 1618 . For over 400 years , Himeji ___MASK97___ has remained intact , even throughout the extensive bombing of Himeji in World War II , and natural disasters such as the 1995 Great Hanshin ___MASK66___ . The , or Kobe ___MASK66___ , occurred on January 17 , 1995 at 05 : 46 : 53 JST ( January 16 at 20 : 46 : 53 UTC ) in the southern part of Hygo Prefecture , Japan , known as Hanshin . It measured 6 . 9 on the moment magnitude scale and 7 on the JMA Shindo intensity scale . The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds . The focus of the ___MASK66___ was located 17 km beneath its epicenter , on the northern end of Awaji Island , 20 km away from the city of Kobe . The is a 176 . 6 kilometer ___MASK18___ owned by West Japan Railway ___MASK42___ ( JR West ) connecting Maibara ___MASK48___ in Maibara , Shiga , with Kanazawa ___MASK48___ in Kanazawa , Ishikawa . It serves the Hokuriku region on the northern central coast of Honshu , the largest island of Japan , as well as offering connections to the regions of Kansai , Tkai , Kant , and Thoku . ___MASK53___ . , the ___MASK42___ owns and operates the following train types . ___MASK100___ . All trains make local stop at every ___MASK48___ on the line . Some trains terminate at Amagasaki , but most westbound trains continue on the Kobe Line to Nishi - Akashi and on the Takarazuka Line to Tsukaguchi and Takarazuka . All eastbound trains continue past Kyobashi on the Gakkentoshi Line . The earliest written records regarding the ___MASK22___ come from the " Nihon Shoki ", which describes the founding of the Ikuta ___MASK91___ by Empress Jing in AD 201 . For most of its ___MASK32___ , the area was never a ___MASK47___ political entity , even during the Tokugawa Period , when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa Shogunate . Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889 . Its name comes from , an archaic title for supporters of the city ' s Ikuta ___MASK91___ . Kobe became one of Japan ' s 17 designated cities in 1956 . ___MASK32___ . Present - ___MASK1___ Hygo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima , Tajima , Awaji , and parts of Tanba and Settsu . Between 1991 and 2006 , the ___MASK48___ was the dividing point of electrification systems ( south of the ___MASK48___ , including the ___MASK48___ , was 1500 V DC and north was 20 , 000 V AC ) so that all regional trains from Osaka and Kyoto using DC - only electric multiple units terminated at this ___MASK48___ . In 2006 the DC zone was extended to Tsuruga ___MASK48___ , but there still exist some terminating trains at Nagahama . ___MASK12___ , also called suburban rail , is a passenger ___MASK92___ service that primarily operates between a ___MASK34___ , and the middle to outer suburbs beyond 15 km ( 10 miles ) and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters  people who travel on a daily basis . Trains operate following a schedule , at speeds varying from 50 to 200 km / h ( 30 to 125 mph ). Distance charges or zone pricing may be used . The ___MASK96___ ___MASK93___ ___MASK26___ ( abbreviated as MMS ; denoted as M or M ) is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released . Honshu had a ___MASK23___ of 103 million , mostly concentrated in the coastal lowlands , notably in the Kant plain where ___MASK17___ % of the total ___MASK23___ resides in the Greater Tokyo Area . As the historical center of Japanese culture and political power , the island includes several past Japanese capitals , including Kyoto , Nara , and Kamakura . Much of the island ' s southern shore forms part of the Taiheiy ___MASK31___ , a megalopolis that spans several of the Japanese islands . , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways ___MASK29___ ( JR ___MASK29___ ) companies and operates in western Honshu . It has its ___MASK61___ in Kita - ku , Osaka . The is a ___MASK12___ line in the Osaka - Kobe - Kyoto ___MASK33___ Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway ___MASK42___ ( JR West ). The name applies to the section of the Tkaid Main Line between Kyoto ___MASK48___ and Osaka ___MASK48___ . The ___MASK48___ opened on July 1 , 1889 . Since 1987 , its main operator has been JR West , although JR Central administers the Shinkansen tracks . The epicenter , epicentre or epicentrum is the ___MASK46___ on the Earth ' s ___MASK81___ that is directly above the hypocenter or focus , the ___MASK46___ where an ___MASK66___ or underground explosion originates . The word derives from the New Latin noun " epicentrum ", the latinisation of the ancient Greek adjective  (" epikentros "), " occupying a cardinal ___MASK46___ , situated on a centre ", from  (" epi ") " on , upon , at " and  (" kentron ") " centre ". The term was coined by the Irish seismologist Robert Mallet . The word , however , is frequently misused to mean ' center ', such that ' center ' is now one dictionary definition of the term . The is the ___MASK15___ used by the ___MASK54___ of the West Japan Railway ___MASK42___ ( JR West ) to refer to the portion of the Tkaid Main Line ( between Maibara ___MASK48___ and Kyoto ___MASK48___ ) and the Hokuriku Main Line ( between Maibara ___MASK48___ and Nagahama ___MASK48___ ). The section , along with JR Kyoto Line and JR Kobe Line , forms a contiguous service that is the main trunk of JR West ' s " Urban Network " commuter rail network in the Osaka - Kobe - Kyoto Metropolitan Area . Historically a ___MASK24___ ___MASK68___ , Osaka has also been known as the and served as a center for the rice trade during the ___MASK94___ period . As a transit between those ___MASK73___ islands , " Awaji " originally means " the ___MASK71___ to Awa ", the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto Strait , now part of Tokushima Prefecture . The ___MASK48___ building is located close to the Sanyo Electric Railway Himeji ___MASK48___ and Himeji Castle . The is a major Japanese ___MASK18___ of the Japan Railways ___MASK29___ ( JR ___MASK29___ ) ___MASK25___ , connecting and Kbe stations . It is long , not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities . The high - speed Tokaido Shinkansen largely parallels the line . The Japan Railways ___MASK29___ , more commonly known as , consists of ___MASK28___ for - ___MASK16___ companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government - owned Japanese National Railways on April 1 , 1987 . Most of the liability of the JNR was assumed by the JNR Settlement Corporation . The JR Kobe ___MASK44___ ( JR JR Kbe sen ) is the ___MASK15___ of portions of the Tokaido Main ___MASK44___ and the Sanyo Main ___MASK44___ , between Osaka ___MASK48___ in Osaka , Osaka Prefecture and Himeji ___MASK48___ in Himeji , Hygo Prefecture . The line , along with the JR Kyoto ___MASK44___ and the Biwako ___MASK44___ , forms a contiguous service that is the main trunk of West Japan Railway Company ' s Urban Network commuter rail network in the Osaka - Kobe - Kyoto Metropolitan Area . The line also offers continuous service to the Gakkentoshi ___MASK44___ via the JR Tzai ___MASK44___ . It was damaged during the 1995 Great Hanshin ___MASK66___ .