Sub Area Activity Hanshin
Sub Area Activity Hanshin or also known as Hanshin Base Corps, is one of the base corps under the Kure District Force of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The place was renamed from Osaka Base Corps. The headquarters is located at 37 Uozakihamamachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. The abbreviation is Hanki. It guards and monitors Osaka Bay and Harima-nada Sea.
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JS Takane on 15 January 1987.
JS Tenryū on 20 July 2008.
Kobe is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about 35 km (22 mi) west of Osaka and 70 km (43 mi) southwest of Kyoto.
Image: Kobe Port Tower and Maritime Museum, November 2016
Image: The old settlement hall of no 15 01 1920
Image: Hyogo prefectural museum of art 08s 3200
Image: Chang'an gate (Nankinmachi, Kobe)