Getting Here
Access — Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan
Sasabase is in the satoyama hills of Kawanishi — close enough to Osaka to reach in under an hour by train, yet far enough to feel genuinely rural.
Address
3-5-4 Sasabe, Kawanishi, Hyogo 666-0104, Japan
〒666-0104 兵庫県川西市笹部3-5-4
🚃 By Train
About 50 minutes from Hankyu Umeda (Osaka) or JR Osaka Station.
- 1
Hankyu Umeda → (Takarazuka Line) → Kawanishi-Noseguchi
Or: JR Osaka → (Fukuchiyama Line) → Kawanishi-Ikeda
- 2
Transfer to Nose Dentetsu
Change at Yamashita Station to the Myoken Line → Sasabe Station (1 stop)
- 3
From Sasabe Station — 3-minute walk
Head toward the mountain, cross the bridge, then turn left
🚗 By Car
About 1 hour from central Osaka. Navigate to: 3-5-4 Sasabe, Kawanishi, Hyogo (or use the Japanese address: 兵庫県川西市笹部3-5-4).
- The road narrows near the end — please drive slowly.
- There are 2–3 parking spaces on site. Please share them with other visitors.
- If the lot is full, use the coin parking near Yamashita Station (about 6 min on foot via the back road).
About the area
Sasabe is a quiet hamlet in the northern hills of Kawanishi. Terraced rice paddies and old wooden houses line the valley — a landscape shaped over centuries by the people who farmed it.
It is just 50 minutes from Osaka by train, yet the pace here is clearly different. Sasabase sits three minutes from the last stop on the Nose Dentetsu line — the “convenient countryside.”