Kobe

Top Places to Visit

Kobe Luminarie

Kobe Luminarie

Kobe Luminarie (神戸ルミナリエ) is a light festival held in Kobe, Japan, every December since 1995 to commemorate the Great Hanshin earthquake of that year.[1] The ... more

Ikuta Shrine

Ikuta Shrine

Ikuta Shrine (生田神社, Ikuta-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the Chūō Ward of Kobe, Japan, and is possibly among the oldest shrines in the country.

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (明石海峡大橋, Akashi Kaikyō Ō-hashi), also known as the Pearl Bridge, links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji ... more

Meriken Park

Meriken Park

Meriken Park (メリケンパーク) near the harborfront has a poignant memorial to the devastating Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, which killed 6,433 people. Kobe Tower nearby ... more

Top Places to Eat

Sona Rupa

3F Lighthouse, 2-2-9 Shimoyamatedori , Kobe
Phone: ☎ 078-322-0252

Sona Rupa, 3F Lighthouse, 2-2-9 Shimoyamatedori (Adjacent to the Kobe Sauna building. Opposite the bee's hotel and Don Quijote shopping store in Sannomiya), ☎ ... more

Top Shopping Places

Random Walk

Random Walk

Random Walk [18] (Center-Gai shopping arcade close to Motomachi station). 078-332-9200. Open daily 10 AM to 8 PM. Wide selection of english books and magazines...

Junkudo

Junkudo

Junkudo (7th floor of the big DAIEI building in front of Sannomiya station). 078-252-0777. Open daily 10 AM to 9 PM. Huge bookstore with big selection of ...

Harbor Land

Harbor Land

Harbor Land (adjacent to Kobe station). This is a modern shopping and dining area, developed on the edge of the Kobe Bay.

Mosaic

Mosaic

MOSAIC. Kobe’s playground. There are restaurants, bars, a movie theatre, a shopping market, an amusement arcade and a little amusement park. Harbour cruises are... more

Top Places for Nightlife

New Muenchen Kobe Taishikan

New Muenchen Kobe Taishikan

New Muenchen Kobe Taishikan (ニューミュンヘン神戸大使館), Sannomiya-cho, 2-chome, 5-18 (on Ikuta Road a block south of Center-Gai, about 3 blocks south of the JR tracks, ... more

Hub

Hub

Hub (ハブ), (2 min walk west of Hankyu Sannomiya station, on the street in front of Ikuta shrine), [29]. A basement location of the British pub chain. Happy hour ...

Bar Trinity

Shinko Bld 3F, 1-2-9, Nakayamate-dori , Kobe
Phone: ☎ 078-333-1286

Bar Trinity (Bar Trinity), Shinko Bld 3F, 1-2-9, Nakayamate-dori (about 2 min. north of Hankyu Sannomiya station, check the map on the URL), ☎ 078-333-1286, [30... more

Sone

Sone

Sone, 1-24-10 Nakayamate-dori (in Kitano just north of Sannomiya station), tel. 078-221-2055, [27]. Not only an excellent place to relax with a drink, Sone also... more

Pizza Kitchen (pk)

Pizza Kitchen (PK), 1-12-4 Nakayamate-dori (at the intersection with Kitano-zaka, just north of Sannomiya station), tel. 078-333-0350, beer 600 yen, pizza 1000 ... more

Bar Happy Jack

Bar Happy Jack

3-314, Motomachi Koka-Dori Chuo-Ku, Kobe

Bar Happy Jack, 3-314, Motomachi Koka-Dori Chuo-Ku, Kobe (4 minute walk east of JR Kobe station, running under the train line, just outside of Motoko Town.), [... more