Walking through the city where I was born and raised, Kobe from Maruyama, Nagata Ward to Hiyodorigoeshi (4)

Hyogo Prefecture: Kobe City

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There's been another gap, but this is the continuation of walking from Maruyama, Nagata Ward, Kobe to Hiyodorigoeshi.
This is the last part: Kobe Electric Railway's Hiyodorigoeshi Station.

First of all, how do you even read "Hiyodorigoeshi"?
People who know the story of Minamoto no Yoshitsune might have heard of it—it appears in the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani that took place in Suma, Kobe, as the place where they detoured.
Hiyodorigoeshi. It's the story of a surprise attack descending a slope called "Hiyodorigoeshi's reverse fall." There seem to be various theories about the location, so if you're interested, I think reading various books would be interesting.
By around elementary school age, teachers and nearby adults tell stories about Yoshitsune.
Also, when dramas or novels get to Yoshitsune's Battle of Ichi-no-Tani, the story of Hiyodorigoeshi comes up, and these form a story in your head, but then even with a child's imagination, you think "So they went through this area to Suma... surprise attack" and then suddenly "Isn't it too far from here to Suma?" So people are researching this online too, so please search for it.

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This was my nearest station, but it was frighteningly unchanged.
However, I remember the station moved when I was in lower elementary school. I think it was a bit closer to Maruyama, but after moving, it seemed a bit cleaner.
The buildings around the station also seem to have been renovated, but they haven't changed.

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The area around the station is called Satoyama, and I remember there were vegetable shops and restaurants when I was a child, and it was a bit more lively.
This restaurant "Hiyodori-tei" was definitely a vegetable shop (that also sold some miscellaneous goods).

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The view from here is also frighteningly unchanged. I commuted on Kobe Electric Railway from Hiyodorigoeshi Station to high school through here.

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A friend who was in the same class from elementary to junior high school lived in the apartment whose roof you can see peeking through this thicket. I'm surprised it's still standing. How old is it?
And the imposing building behind it (elderly care center) obviously wasn't there.
It's like, most of the buildings in this area that didn't exist when I was a child are facilities for the elderly, which makes you feel the times.

Walking through the city where I grew up like this, it's almost unchanged, and I'm surprised by the contrast with how much Tokyo has changed. Whether it's Shibuya, Tokyo Station, or Ginza, they've changed too much.