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Sawanotsuru Sake Museum

4.0

41 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Oishiminamimachi 1-29-1

The Sawanotsuru Sake Museum is 10 minutes on foot from Hanshin Oishi Station in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Housed in the Oishi Kura that was built over 170 years ago in the late Edo period, the museum educates the public about sake brewing culture and features exhibits on traditional Nada Sake brewing. These include valuable sake making equipment like large sake barrels from Sawanotsuru's 300-plus-year history, as well as models of Japanese ships such as Kitamae / Sengoku-bune that were used for sake transport. There is also a museum shop where visitors can enjoy free tastings of unprocessed sake.

Two floors of exhibits inside a real sake brewery building thats declared a cultural treasure by the government. Theres a small garden with a well and the exterior is a nice photographic subject...
Hokkesan Ichijo-ji Temple

4.0

42 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Kasaishi Sakamotochou 821-17

"A Buddhist temple located right next to the ""Hokkesan-ichijoji"" bus stop. This temple is the 26th temple on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a 33 temple pilgrimage which centers on Kyoto. A Tendai Buddhist temple founded by the Indian high priest Hodo in 650, The temple's Heian period silk painting depicting Prince Shotoku and the high priest of the Tendai sect, as well as its three tier Pagoda believed to have been built in 1171, are designated National Treasures. The temple owns numerous other statues and structures designated national, prefectural, or city Cultural Properties, including the main temple building. In fall, the grounds are colored with spectacular fall foliage, attracting many tourists."

西国三十三ヶ所巡りでこちらのお寺を訪れたのですが、まず驚いたのが御朱印を頂く為に掛かる費用。他に2箇所の三十三ヶ所札所を前日に回っていたのですが、そちらは御朱印帳と掛け軸両方で８００円だったのに対し、一乗寺は１８００円！ 1000円も高いのには驚きました。ほかにも環境整備協力金の名目で駐車場代300円、入場料500円が必要です。建物の古さから色々とお金が必要なのかもしれませんが、ちょっと取り...
Itsukushima Shrine

3.5

12 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Sumotoshi Honmachi 4-1-27

"A Shinto shrine located in the center of Sumoto City 10 minutes from the Sumoto interchange on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway. Dedicated to the same goddess as Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima island of Aki (Hiroshima)-Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto. During the period when the syncretism of Buddhism and Shintoism flourished in Japan, this goddess was seen as another aspect of Benzaiten, and as such the shrine is also known as the ""Awaji Island Benzaiten."" Known to locals as ""Benten-san,"" during the shrine's fall festival, called the Benzaiten Festival, festival stalls open up all along the surrounding streets, and the area bustles with visitors. The ""Goshinko"" deity transference ceremony conducted on the final day of the festival is considered one of Japan's top ""unusual"" festival rituals."

干支の巨大絵馬がありました。例大祭の時期で屋台がたくさん参道に出ていました。ここにきて何で商店街にタヌキ像があるのかわかりました。
Kobe Fashion Museum

4.0

37 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Kouyouchounaka 2-9-1

The first national art museum focused on fashion, Kobe Fashion Museum is located on Rokko Island, a seaborne city in Higashinada Ward in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It boasts a unique design that resembles a UFO. Exhibits are on the first floor and include the basic exhibits, which feature a rich collection of items, and special exhibits hosted in other buildings. There is also a library featuring 40,000 books and magazines about fashion from both Japan and around the world, as well as a museum shop with artist contributions, an event hall, and other facilities.

In one section a person can try on costumes and have a photo taken, and with video see themselves in additional costumes. Actual clothing display is in one large room, perhaps forty examples mostly...
Kobe Bunka Hall

3.5

17 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kusunokichou 4-2-2

A community hall located close to Okurayama Park a one-minute walk from Kobe Municipal Subway Okurama Station and an eight-minute walk from Kosoku Kobe Station on various private rail lines. The hall is used for a variety of events, including orchestral concerts, movie screenings, and ballet and traditional rakugo comedic storytelling performances. The hall is also used as the venue for the Kobe International Flute Competition held once every four years. In addition, the facility's large and medium halls can be rented out and raffles are held to determine who may rent these between one year and two months in advance. There is a fellowship of the hall club which can be joined by those interested which includes perks such as advance ticket purchasing opportunities.

古いホールですが、後方の席からでも舞台が見やすいです。大ホールに入るには大階段を上がりますが、エスカレーターあるのに何故動かさないのか謎です。高齢の観客が多いコンサートだったので、大変そうでした。
Itami City Museum of Insects

4.0

39 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Itamishi Koyaike 3-1 in Kunyang pond park

An insect museum located in Koyaike Park built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Itami City. The museum's biggest draw is its butterfly hothouse, where year-round visitors can view some 1,000 butterflies spanning 14 species inside a domed glass hothouse filled with tropical flowering plants. One of the largest butterfly houses in Japan, visitors can see tree nymph butterflies, a variety only found naturally on the islands of Okinawa and southward; there are also chrysalises on display. The museum's live insect exhibit room has exhibits displaying some 30 insect species, including leaf insects-only three facilities nationwide have living leaf insects on display.

5月12日[荒牧ハラ公園]と合わせて訪問しました。受付で入館料を支払うと最初に［第1展示室］内の[10倍の森]と 200倍のミツハチによる驚きを持たせる歓迎があります。[第2展示室]内のチョウの本物のサナキが展示（添付写真参照）されており運が良ければ羽化の瞬間を鑑賞できるかも知れません。又チョウの寿命が短いものは 7日程度長いものは 95日程度と大きく異なる点初めて知りまし...
Onsenji Temple

4.0

78 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Toyokashi Kinosakichouyushima 985-2

"This temple is located in the area right after getting off at Onsenji Chukan Station on the Kinosaki Ropeway. It is said that the priest Dochi, who opened Kinosaki Onsen with a prayer opened the temple. Emperor Shomu called the temple ""Kinosaki Onsen no Shugoji (guardian temple of Kinosaki Onsen)"", and it has protected Kinosaki Onsen and its bathers for approximately 1,300 years. The Standing Eleven-headed Kannon statue that Dochi received when it was opened is the principal Buddhist image of the temple and a nationally-designated Important Cultural Property. Normally it is shown every 33 years, it is displayed to the public at the event called Kaisanki, where prayers are said every April 24 so that the hot springs continue to spring up."

Typical old Japanese temple. Good place to get away from the crowds of the hot springs resort town area.
Daijoji Temple

4.5

66 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Mikatagunkamichou Kasumi-ku Mori 860

Daijoji is a temple located in Mori, Kasumi Ward, Kami Town, Mikata County. Also known as Okyo-dera, it was founded by the priest Gyogi in 745. The temple houses 165 screen paintings created by the mid-Edo period (1603-1868) artist Maruyama Okyo and his pupils that have been designated a National Important Cultural Property. According to the recent research, their arrangement forms a three-dimensional mandala.

Very beautiful ancient buddhist temple at hyogo prefecture.the temple has a 1200 years history. The pictures and artwork in the temple is really very beautiful.If you want to feel the ancient japan...
Ibonoito Museum Somen-no-Sato

4.0

40 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Tatsunoshi Kamiokachouokumura 56

A museum located west of the Okumura Haiji temple a 15-minute drive from the Himeji-nishi, Tatsuno, and Fukuda interchanges. Operated by the Hyogo Prefecture Tenobe Somen Cooperative, famous for making Ibonoito Somen noodles, the museum has a demonstration corner where visitors can watch Somen being stretched to three times their length using a pole, a sample corner, and a room from which visitors can watch a factory making noodles beyond a glass window. The museum's shop sells Somen noodles, Hiyamugi cold noodles, and other local products. A restaurant on the first floor serves gozen meals which come with your choice of Zaru somen noodles on a serving basket or Nyumen noodles in broth. The restaurant also offers Somen sushi rolls only available in limited quantities each day. The museum is closed on Mondays.

一階にレストラン、売店 2階に有料の展示室がありました。大人300円。JAFカードで1割引砥峰高原から赤穂に向かう途中、ランチを済ませたあと、足を伸ばして立ち寄りました。 2階の展示室を見学して、揖保乃糸は組合という事を初めて知りました。歴史や作業工程、ランクの違いなどがよく分かります。薬味は柚子胡椒なども合うそうなのでやってみようと思いました。「三神」を作れる人はごく僅か。細さや熟成の...
Koshikiiwa-jinja Shrine

4.5

30 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Nishinomiyashi Koshikiwachou 5-4

"This Shinto shrine is in a grove that's a Natural Monument. It's about a 15-minute walk from Koyoen Station on the Hankyu Koyo Line in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Rebuilt in the 1640s, it honors the deity Hiruko Okami, also known as ""Ebessan."" It has historic spots of interest like a haiku monument to the Muromachi period poet Yamazaki Sokan and leftover stones from Osaka Castle. They hold a Nakizumo Crying Baby and Sumo Festival every autumn, a traditional event where babies wearing ornamental sumo aprons are brought into the ring. The event has even been recorded in ema votive pictures dating from 1831."

This is bigger than the average neighborhood shrine. It has the sacred rock at its core but it also has a sumo dohyo. They have an event where sumo wrestlers will wrestle with the neighborhood...
Hiromine-jinja Shrine

4.0

46 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Himejishi Hiromineyama 52

This Shinto shrine at Mt. Hiromineyama in Himeji City was founded in 734 by Kibi no Makibi. It honors Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who is said to provide boons related to agriculture, production, auspicious dates, and marriage. It's also considered the main shrine of the deity Gozu Tenno. The main hall and hall of worship have been designated as National Important Cultural Properties. The shine's also known for its deep affiliation with the feudal lord Kuroda Kanbei.

ご祭神は素戔嗚尊、五十猛命で、旧県社です。牛頭天王の総本山として知られています。ここから福原の祇園神社を経て八坂神社まで分祀したとのことです。山の上にあるが、公共のバスも来ていないので、ほぼ車でしか訪れることはできません。大河ドラマの影響で一時は黒田官兵衛目当て多くの人が訪れたそうですが今はその面影は境内の真新しい官兵衛神社ぐらいでした。とはいえ日曜日のお昼過ぎでも絶え間なく参拝の方が訪れていまし...
Yodoko Guest House (Former House of Yamamura Family)

4.5

56 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Ashiyashi Yamatechou 3-10

The mansion, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was completed along the Ashiya River in Ashiya City in 1924 (Taisho 13). Originally built as a villa for Sakura Masamune, it later became a guest house for Yodogawa Steel Works, and is now called YODOKO Guest House. 1971 (Showa 46), a plan to rebuild an apartment building was blocked by a preservation movement, and the building was opened to the public. 1974 (Showa 49), it was designated a National Important Cultural Property. It was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1974, and is one of the few Wright-designed buildings still standing, along with the Jiyu Gakuen Asutumu-kan in Tokyo.

This is vintage FLW. Go there if youre a fan. If youre not one already, go visit too and become one.. The place, just 20 minute by train from Osaka, is the perfect fusion of FLW principles and...
Kanno-ji Temple

4.5

38 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Nishinomiyashi Kabutoyamachou 25-1

"This temple in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture belongs to the Omuro school of Shingon Sect of Buddhism. You can reach it by taking either a Hankyu or Hanshin Bus from JR Nishinomiya Station to the Kabutoyama-Daishi Mae stop. Founded in around 828 by Emperor Junna's fourth consort Nyoini, it's also called Kabutoyama-Daishi and is known locally as ""Odaishi-san."" The temple's principal object of worship is a Nyoirin Kannon Bodhisattva seated statue that's a National Important Cultural Property. They unveil it annually on May 18 for the Yuzu Kannon Taisai Festival. Other cultural assets include a standing image of Sacred Kannon, a seated image of Kobo Daishi, and the Kanno-ji Engiemaki picture scroll. The temple holds the Kabutoyama-Daishi Festival on the 21st day of every month when it conducts the Daishi-Goma fire ceremony."

最高ですね。上から見る景色がとても良く日常を忘れさせてくれます。お参りも落ちついてできるのでおすすめです。
Ohshiko Shrine

4.0

30 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Takasagoshi Amidachou Oshiko 171 National Historic Site Stone Treasure Hall

"A Shinto shrine located close to the Takasago City Gymnasium in Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture. The shrine is primarily dedicated to the gods Oanamuji no Mikoto and Sukunabikona no Mikoto. The shrine's stunning Ishi no Hoden is a giant, 6.4 meter wide, 5.7 meter tall, and 7.2 meter long stone shrine which itself is viewed as a shintai, or object housing a god; designed to look as if it were floating on water, it is also known as the ""Floating Stone."" This rock shrine, along with the salt pan of Shiogama-jinja Shrine and the giant halberd of Kirishima-jingu Shrine, is counted as one of the ""Three Shinto Curiosities of Japan"" and is a popular mystical ""power spot."" Each year on the third Saturday and Sunday of October, the shrine holds the Banshu no Aki Festival, and during this time battles are held between portable shrines, crashing them together to show the power of the gods."

アクセス（公共交通機関） JR宝殿駅から県道393号（途中まで歩道が狭いため注意です）を道なりに1.5kmほど歩きます。生石(おうしこ)神社の鳥居が見えたら、急な階段を上ります。途中で車道（歩道なし）を横断するので、けっこう危ないです。神社それなりに立派な社殿でした。石の宝殿を見物するには、100円の浄財が必要です。私が行ったときは、社殿内に人がいたので、きちんと100円を入れているか監視し...
Akashi City Museum of Culture

4.0

32 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Akashishi Uenomaru 2-13-1

"This museum is in 2 Chome, Uenomaru, Akashi City. Their permanent exhibit ""Human Life and the Natural Environment"" traces the development of Akashi natural history and human culture from 2 million years ago to the modern age. It is divided into eight themes. There are displays of fossils and stoneware excavated from the surrounding area, exhibits about the development of Akashi pottery, agriculture, and fishing, as well as the history of Akashi castle and its castle town. It also has a special exhibition hall and a hands-on learning studio. Its seafood and French restaurant Marseilles has a view of the Seto Inland Sea and Awaji Island."

明石駅から徒歩10分弱。明石公園に隣接。入館料は200円。常設展は明石原人、アカシゾウから始まり、明石焼、農業・漁業、明石城など明石の歴史や文化に関する展示・解説が行われている。2階には明石市平和資料室があり、戦争体験者の話を映像で見ることができる。市立博物館としてはかなり充実した展示内容。明石城跡と合わせて見学するといいでしょう。
The English House

4.0

61 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kitanochou 2-3-16

This is a Western settler’s home planned and built by British doctor Fudersack. It is a typical colonial construction with beautiful veranda, and inside the furnishings are elegant items from the 17th to 19th Century. There is also a room which is a reconstruction of the dwellings of famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The beautiful English garden is a sight to behold, as is the reconstruction of London’s Baker Street underground station. At night the place becomes an English pub where alcohol of the world can be enjoyed. The nearest station is Shin-Kobe Station.

I’ve been a few times to The English House and it has always been delightful. This was my first time ordering food from there (lockdown rules!) and it was simply superb! All the food travelled...
Tenjoji Temple

4.0

34 Reviews

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Hyogo Kobe-shi Nada-ku Mayasancho 2-12

"This Buddhist temple is in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. You can reach it by taking a Kobe City bus to Maya Cable Shita, taking the Maya Ropeway to Hoshi-no-Shita Station, and then walking about ten minutes. It's a sacred site on devotional circuits like the Floral Temples of the Kansai Region, the New Saigoku, and the Kobe Jusanbutsu pilgrimages. It was founded in 646 by Hodo Sennin on the orders of Emperor Kotoku. On the precincts you'll find the Tenjikudo Hall that enshrines a marble image brought from India of Maya, the historical Buddha's wife, as well as the Hana Mandala Bell cast with the imprints of 33 kinds of flowers. The principle object of worship is a hibutsu ""hidden image"" that's thought to ward off evil and invite prosperity."

Absolutely fantastic place. Beautiful temple in high mountains without thousands of people. So peaceful and quiet.
Kobe International House

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Gokoudori 8-1-6

"A multiuse facility connected directly to Sannomiya Station via the Sannomiya underground shopping mall. The facility's International Hall is frequently used to host live music concerts as well as high school and university student recitals and events. The hall has seating on floors one through three and can accommodate up to 2,100 spectators. The facility also hosts cafes, boutiques, and other establishments; SOL, an area used to hold workshops; and rentable conference rooms available for meetings as well as training sessions and lectures. In the summer, a beer garden is held in the rooftop garden, the first in the area to be produced by ""plant hunter"" Seijun Nishihata."
Nagata Shrine

4.0

29 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Nagata-ku Nagatachou 3-1-1

"A Shinto shrine over 1,800 years old located a seven-minute walk from Nagatajinjamae Station and Kosoku Nagata Station as well as right next to the ""Nagatajinjamae"" bus stop. Locals know the shrine as ""Nagata-san."" Dedicated to Kotoshironushi no Kami, a god of happiness, the shrine is believed to grant worshippers improved fortunes and protection from calamity. A red stingray, an avatar of a god, is said to dwell in a sacred camphor tree on the grounds, and even today countless people come here to donate an ema votive tablet decorated with a picture of a red stingray to pray for relief from hemorrhoids. An exciting demon-banishing ceremony held during the Setsubun celebration has been designated a Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property."

神戸市営地下鉄の長田駅から徒歩7-8分ほど。 201年創建。祭神は事代主神。現社殿(1928年再建)は朱塗りで木造銅板葺き。屋根は滑らかに流れるような形をしている。末社・楠宮稲荷社の御神木である楠は赤鱏(アカエイ)の化身と伝えられており、赤鱏を断って願掛けすると願いが叶うとのこと。境内には赤鱏が描かれた絵馬が多数奉納されていた。
Honpukuji Temple, Mizumido

3.5

37 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Awajishi Ura 1310

This temple is located about five minutes by car from Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway's Higashiura Interchange. Belonging to the Omuro school of Shingon sect of Buddhism, the temple is the 59th stop on the Awaji Shikoku Pilgrimage. Its famous reinforced concrete main hall, Mizumido, was designed by Tadao Ando. Looking out over Osaka Bay, built into the hillside, it has a concrete ensconced lotus pond as its roof. The pond features floating water lilies and oga hasu, an ancient variety cultivated about 2,000 years ago.

Been wanting to see this temple for years. Arrived and met a travelling group of acrobats and performance artists hanging out around the lotus pond area, striking poses and taking pictures of...

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Central Kobe City Between Osaka and Kobe Mt. Rokko / Arima Sanda / Tamba / Sasayama Tajima / Kinosaki Akashi Harima (Himeji, Tatsuno, Ako) Awaji Island

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Hyogo Areas

Hyogo prefecture stretches from the north coast to the south coast on the western end of the popular Kansai region, encompassing verdant mountains, urban beaches, and fantastic historical sights. The prefecture’s main attractions lie along the south coast at Kobe, the prefectural capital, a pretty harbor city best known for its production of the renowned Kobe beef, and Himeji, the home of Himeji Castle, one of the country’s most beautifully preserved feudal castles, perched magically atop a hill.