The Shintetsu spur line runs parallel Sanda'a kansen up to Woodytown.. Generally speaking, it seems less well patronised than the other lines, possibly because it is more expensive. The trains also seem a little older and noisier. Even though we had a Shintetsu station (Yokoyama) 10 minutes stroll from home, we always preferred to walk to the JR mainline station, and I think the reason was principally cost. It was a lovely walk anyway. Sometimes after Nihongo Salon I would catch a local to Flowertown for shopping, though only if I was pressed for time. A few times Nadia and I caught the Kobe Dentetsu to Shinkaichi Station to the west of Kobe if we were going into Sannomiya, though that entailed a change of trains.
For Christmas 2006 I got a little Olympus digital camera and set out to take a few snaps. It was a cold day but the sun had that crisp deep yellow quality, the kind that throws everything into sharp relief. A local on the Shintestsu line was approaching Yokoyama station (from Sanda Honmachi) so I took the shot.
If you want more information on this train company, someone has kindly set up a page in wikipedia, here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Electric_Railway
or here for the company site (in Japanese)
http://www.shintetsu.co.jp/
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