The entire city is on a slope into the enormous harbour at the bottom of the hill. Theres also an airport built on a man made island much like the Osaka airport. Looking at a map the Kobe airport seems to be closer to Osaka than the Kansai airport.
Camera Details: Canon, Canon PowerShot S90 Settings: 1/1600 at f/3.2, ISO 80, 6 mm Date: 11 March 2012 Time: 14:16:42