Kobe
Top Places to Visit
Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum (walking distance from Hankyu Mikage station 御影駅 or Sumiyoshi station 住吉駅), 078-822-8907. Open daily 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM, closed ... more
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 (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
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 (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
Top Shopping Places
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 (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 ...
Junkudo
Junkudo (5th floor of JR Sumiyoshi station). Open daily 10 AM to 9 PM. Huge bookstore.
Harbor Land
Harbor Land (adjacent to Kobe station). This is a modern shopping and dining area, developed on the edge of the Kobe Bay.
Top Places for Nightlife
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 (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
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
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 (4 minute walk east of JR Kobe station, running under the train line, just outside of Motoko Town.), [... more