Rokko Island is a man-made island and home to a large community of foreigners. The relatively small land area manages to conveys a compact yet open, safe and quiet atmosphere. It is connected to the mainland by the Rokko Liner from JR Sumiyoshi station and has two large hotels, shops, a sprinkling of ethnic restaurants, sporting facilities and playgrounds. The Foreign Buyers Club (FBC) offers a wide range of western food and sundries and is conveniently located, and just downstairs is the popular Kobe Grocers. The Community Housing and Information Center (CHIC) is an invaluable source of all kinds of information for living and working in Kobe.<\/p>\n
Rokko Island is favored by North Americans and Europeans due to the proximity of the Canadian Academy, and the Deutsche Schule Kobe \/ European School. It is also popular with families who have small children as there are several daycare options such as Building Blocks at the Canadian Academy, Deutsche Schule \/ European School, Peter Pan and The Entente International Pre-school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"city":[53],"town":[78],"class_list":["post-2052","area","type-area","status-publish","hentry","city-kobe-expat-areas","town-higashinada-ku"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relojapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area\/2052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relojapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relojapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/area"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relojapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relojapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relojapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/town?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}