Minato Motomachi

Known weekday departures: 198/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 145/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:46 / 24:09 (00:09 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (20)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Kaigan Line: Kyukyoryuchi-Daimarumae ⇄ Harborland

Minatomotomachi Station opened on 7 July 2001 with the inauguration of the Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line. The provisional construction name was "Sakaemachi," and the present name was chosen after local advocacy because the station sits at roughly the east-west midpoint of the Motomachi district. It is, however, around 600 metres from the JR/Hanshin Motomachi Station, which is more conveniently reached from the neighbouring Kyūkyoryūchi-Daimarumae stop. The single island platform with two tracks lies underground. The west entrance reuses the surviving facade of the 1908 former Daiichi Bank Kobe Branch (designed by Tatsuno Kingo), which is illuminated at night. The station is one of those chosen in the second Kinki Station 100 Selection.

The west entrance is built into the surviving 1908 facade of the former Daiichi Bank Kobe branch, designed by Tatsuno Kingo, which is lit up at night above the subway entrance.