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UCC Coffee Museum

4.0

241 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Minatojimanakamachi 6-6-2

The UCC Coffee Museum explains the history of coffee both from a world perspective and from its arrival from Brazil over a hundred years ago. There is also a coffee tasting corner and a gift shop...
Kobe City Museum

4.0

184 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kyoumachi 24

Located in Kobe City, Kobe City Museum was opened in 1982. The building that houses the Museum was originally constructed to serve as the Kobe Branch of the former Yokohama Specie Bank; some extension work was undertaken when it was redeveloped to house the Museum. The building is registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property; it was the last building project completed by the famous architect Sakurai Kotaro. There are around 70,000 items in the Museum’s collections, including National Treasures; the items include archeological finds, works of art imported into Japan from Southeast Asia and Europe during the Edo period and earlier, art related to Kobe, the “Portrait of St. Francis Xavier” and other famous artworks, etc. Besides the Museum’s permanent exhibitions, several thematic exhibitions are held every year.

The museum is amazing if you’re interested in Kobe’s history. The first floor is free. If you don’t speak Japanese well, you won’t have to worry since they have all English subtitles when projecting...
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

4.5

155 Reviews

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Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Kumochicho 7-5-1

This museum is Takenaka Corporation’s corporate museum located in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is Japan’s only museum that features collections and exhibits on the theme of carpenter tools. The permanent exhibits feature carpenter tools that supported Japan’s construction in the past and introduce the skill and wisdom of the carpenters who wielded them, not to mention the culture surrounding architecture and trees. There are models visitors can touch as well as touch panel picture scrolls, allowing visitors to enjoy the displays using all five senses. Special exhibits focused on architecture and design are opened several times a year.

If you appreciate wood working quality and skills then you will love this museum. Some of the works are so perfect, so beautiful, you can only just admire the level of craftsmanship. To combine these...
Kobe Maritime Museum and Kawasaki Good Times World

3.5

97 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Hatobachou 2-2

"The Kobe Maritime Museum, which features a large roof with a white space frame structure evoking the image of sails of a sailing ship running across the ocean and sea waves, opened in 1987 as the ""commemorative project of the 120th anniversary of the opening of the modern Port of Kobe"" under the concept of ""Kobe, starting from the sea and the port, sails for the future"". Visitors can experience the structure of ships, the fascination of cruise ships, port facilities, and the history and future of the sea, ships, and ports. The ""past"", ""present"", and ""future"" of the sea, ships, and ports are introduced in an easy-to-understand manner through the real objects, diorama models, videos, and graphics, etc., showing how ports and cities have changed with the times. Attached to the museum is the ""Kawasaki Good Times World"" that opened in 2006. It is a corporate museum of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group, which has been working together with the Port of Kobe since the opening of the port."

Went there to visit. This is truly a place to enrich your knowledge of ports, ships and technology. When we passed by it at night, it looks very beautiful.
Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park

4.5

96 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Awajishi Ogura 177

This memorial park approximately 20 minutes by car from Awaji Interchange has facilities with exhibitions on the Nojima Fault that caused the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on January 17, 1995. A portion of the fault pushed above ground during the quake, and the Nojima Fault Preservation Museum provides access to this designated Natural Monument. The Kobe Wall that survived the Kobe Air Raids and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake has been relocated there too. Together they tell a frightful story of the horror of disasters natural and man-made. There is also a seminar house where you can listen to talks on the disaster. They have a shop and a restaurant serving local fare too.

What is most impressive about this museum is that it includes some of the actual roads/land affected by the earthquake so you can actually SEE how the land moved, how the road buckled. The simulated...
Akashi Municipal Planetarium

4.0

106 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Akashishi Hitomaruchou 2-6

"A science museum located in Hitomaru-cho, Akashi City. Situated on the Japan Standard Time Meridian at 135 degrees east longitude, the facility looks at time and space and contains exhibits on Akashi and the meridian as well as time and space-themed exhibits. The museum also has a planetarium and holds planetarium programs with live narration. The museum also holds special exhibitions and stargazing sessions as well as children's planetarium, night museum, ""Kido Seitai Shigosenger"" and other events."

日本標準時の元となる日本標準子午線東経１３５度の真上に建つ施設です。館内にはプラネタリウムや宇宙や時に関する展示物が展示された展示室があります。プラネタリウムでは４５分間のプログラムが上映されています。塔の最上部は展望台となっており、明石市街はもとより、明石海峡大橋、明石海峡の向こうに淡路島を望めます。山陽電鉄の人丸前駅から徒歩３分ほどの距離です。
Uzushio Science Museum

4.0

108 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Minamiawajishi Fukura Hei 936-3

This science facility is part of the Uzunooka Onarutokyo Memorial Hall complex in Fukurahei, Minami Awaji City. It'll give you a visual education about the natural processes that generate whirlpools with an exhibition that links hydraulic models, a giant spherical screen, and images cast onto wall screens. They have installations like the Uzushio Slider that lets you experience the difference in sea surface height effecting whirlpool formation and the Uzumeku Circle which simulates a whirlpool that's seven meters across.

写真スポットとしてはよい。道の駅のような感じで団体客も多かった。うずしおについては一応説明あるけど、ほぼ玉ねぎスポット。雨の日だったので、空いてておっ玉ねぎも玉ねぎユーホーキッチャーも空いていた。ユーホーキッチャーは一回で成功してしまい、地味に帰りが重かった。スタッフさんが玉ねぎストリートピアノを弾いていてなかなかよい。他に玉ねぎロボット掃除機がかどうしたり玉ねぎネオンがひかる。うずしお...
The Museum of Hanshin Koshien Stadium

4.5

101 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Nishinomiya-shi Koshiencho 1-82

This history museum was built beneath the left outfield grandstands of Hanshin Koshien Stadium when the stadium was renovated in 2010. The museum exhibits on the history of high school baseball, the Hanshin Tigers, and Hanshin Koshien Stadium, respectively. Visitors can experience the more than 90-year history of Hanshin Koshien Stadium through exhibits including nostalgic videos and photographs of famous games, scenes, and players of each era. The museum also exhibits include items that were used in the stadium before its renovation as well as items related to the Koshien Bowl, the competition that determines Japan's best university American football team. No baseball fan will want to miss this museum.

地點方便附近有超市可逛早餐種類頗多也算不錯飯店人員服務非常親切只是房卡只有一張有點不方便其他方面都還不錯值得推薦
Bando Kobe Science Museum

3.5

53 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Minatojimanakamachi 7-7-6

A science museum with a domed, rooftop astronomical observatory located a three-minute walk from Minami Koen Station on the Kobe New Transit Port-liner Line. Through exhibits that involve not just looking but getting hands on, even adults can have fun here while learning about science. The museum's planetarium, the only one in Kobe City, screens special shows on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. The planetarium's original programs are also well-reviewed. The museum's exhibition rooms are filled with appropriately themed, interactive exhibits and experiment shows are held at the museum at set times each day. The museum's science library contains some 20 thousand volumes on space and science.

fun for kids .. and especially teenagers who are interested in science experiments and human biology ... very informative ... but closes very early .. 4:30 pm they rush you out ... and mostly all is...
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Exhibition Center

4.0

37 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Tarumi-ku Higashimaikochou 4-114

A science museum located next to the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Maiko Park a five-minute walk from Maiko Station on the JR San'yo Main Line and Sanyo Electric Railway Maiko-koen Station. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world and this museum presents the technologies involved in its construction using models, videos, and informational panels. One of the museum's exhibits is an actual 1/100th scale model (40 meters in length) used to test the bridge's properties in a wind tunnel; here visitors can also watch experimental simulations. The museum's 360-degree VR corner lets visitors experience what it's like to perform a safety check on the bridge.

Some small exhibition in every level i think, a restaurant, small ice cream kiosk, small shop selling souvenirs, a deck you can see the view of Akashi port and surrounding, and the main attractions...
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...
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。
Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo

4.5

29 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Sandashi Yayoigaoka 6

A museum located a five-minute walk from Kobe Electric Railway Flower Town Station. The museum's natural history exhibits are designed around the theme of the symbiosis between human beings and nature. The museum's standing exhibition on floors one through three is divided into five sections-Nature in Hyogo, Human and Nature, Dinosaur Fossils in Tamba, the Floor of Biodiversity, and Life on Our Planet: Past and Present. Exhibits include fossils dug up in the Tamba area and dioramas. The museum also has a touring exhibition housed in a renovated truck called the Yumehaku which visits local schools, community centers, and parks.

大人の身長よりでかい昆虫たちがたくさん並んでいて、そのお腹の下にもぐって、昆虫のお腹を眺めることできます。
Arima Toy Museum

4.0

46 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Kita-ku Arimachou 797

This is a museum in the Arima Onsen area of Kita Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, which displays and introduces its collection of toys domestic and imported. The 4,000 articles in the collection are displayed in four themed areas. Here both children and adults can enjoy tin-sheet toys, railway dioramas, nutcracker dolls, traditional German toys, and modern European toys. There is also a space where toys can actually be played with. On the fourth floor is the British mechanical doll “Automata” through which one can learn about current techniques and craftsmanship.

We visited Arima toy museum during our stay in Arima Onsen. This is a nice, well displayed museum with many different collections. We found out from the local map and tried that out and we were glad...
Genbudo Museum

3.5

26 Reviews

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Hyogo Toyooka-shi Akaishi 1362

料金は８００円、１階では玄武洞・山陰海岸ジオパーク関係の展示物が掲示。恐竜の骨格もあったり、石に菊の花のような模様の菊花石があったりして。２階には鉱石や鉱物、宝石などの展示されていた。人間の性だろうか、宝石に目が行ってしまうのは私だけだろうか？
Hakushika Memorial Sake Museum

4.0

32 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Nishinomiyashi Kurakakechou 8-21

A museum located a 15-minute walk south of Hanshin Nishinomiya Station in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Tatsuuma-Honke Brewing Co., Ltd., makers of the Hakushika refined sake, established this museum in 1982, the year of its 32th anniversary, with the aim of passing on traditional sake making techniques and knowledge to future generations. The museum consists of two buildings: the Sakagura-kan and the Kinen-kan. The Sakagura-kan, a former sake brewery erected in 1869, contains sake making tools visitors can touch, videos on sake making, and an exhibit with sake making songs visitors can listen to. The Kinen-kan memorial hall is used for exhibits on sake and to display works of art from the Sasabe Sakura Collection (entrusted to the facility by the Nishinomiya City government).

西宮駅から徒歩15分の場所に立地。酒のミュージアムという愛称の施設は記念館と酒蔵館で構成されている。見学に際しては両館共通の入場チケットを購入する必要がある、因みにチケット購入時にお土産として生貯蔵酒の1合瓶を貰えた。酒蔵館は酒造りで使用していた桶・道具と職人の再現人形、音響と映像で酒造りを紹介展示してある。阪神大震災の記憶を忘れない為に被災した酒蔵の道具が保存展示されていた。記念館は白鶴の歴史が...
Tamba Dinosaurs Fossil Studio Chitan Museum

4.0

17 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Tambashi Sannanchoutanigawa 1110

It is part of the Sannan Library and Culture Center located in the countryside off of Prefectural Route 139 coming from JR Kugemura Station. They exhibit bones and other fossils of dinosaurs and more excavated from the Sasayama group in Tamba City. This includes a complete skeleton of a Tambatitanis, the largest herbivore to have inhabited Japan, and you can only see it here. Their exhibit that recreates an excavation site displays the tools that are actually used by paleontologists. Other workshops include making dinosaur figures and cleaning real fossils. It's a good place to get kids interested in dinosaurs.

小さな建物という事もあり、入場制限中激込みでした。事前に聞いておけばよかったテレビに出るとみんな一斉に行っちゃうからしんどいですね
Inagawa Observatory

4.5

13 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Kawabeguninagawachou Kashihara Onogadake 1-1

This astronomical observatory is on the summit of Mt. Oya, the highest peak in the Hanshin region. It's second floor has a 50-centimeter reflecting telescope and they hold star-gazing sessions, as well as sunspot observation during the day. The first floor features a planetarium with explanations of seasonal stars as well as programs where they project interstellar images taken by the telescope. Admission is reasonably priced, and children of junior high age and younger get in free. You can get there by car, and there are places nearby to have a barbecue or do some birdwatching. Parents and children both love it.

標高753ｍの表示がありけっこう高いところに来たとは思っていました。しかしながら、大阪平野から真北に数十キロメートル進んでいましたので、まさかここから海が見えるとは思いませんでした。上手くいけば、ハワイが見えるかもしれないと思ってしまいました。
Himeji City Shosha-no-Sato Arts & Crafts Museum

3.5

15 Reviews

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Hyogo Himeji-shi Shosha 1223

"This museum located in Shosha, Himeji City exhibits the works of Kosho Shimizu, the former Betto (temple master), administrator of Todaiji Temple who was born in Himeji City. The main exhibit is the 270 Buddha statues made of ceramics from all over Japan on display as part of ""Kosho Shimizu's world of Buddha."" There is also calligraphy, painted ceramics and other fine handicraft art collected by Kosho Shimizu himself featured in a permanent exhibit. In addition, there is a local toy exhibition room and a workshop where you can experience making traditional crafts."

小春日和の中、静かなところに行きたい。まだ紅葉には早い書写山の麓のロープウェイ乗り場を過ぎた辺り、竹林の中に少しばかり丸みを帯びた大きな瓦屋根の建物が現れました。入ると直ぐに清水公照氏が全国の窯元で作成したユーモラス泥仏達が迎えてくれます。訪れる人も少なく、ゆったりとほっこりした清水ワールドが広がる。奥には灘のけんか祭りの屋台も展示。丁度日本のガラス展が開催されていました。また、明珍火箸や姫路張り...
Ako City Museum of History

3.5

29 Reviews

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Hyogo Ako-shi Kamikariya 916-1

"This history museum is known by the nickname ""Shio to Gishi no Yakata,"" a reference to the city's salt production and its famous 47 ronin. The museum collects and exhibits materials related to local history with an objective of contributing to the advancement of education and the development of culture. Each of the permanent exhibits covers a different theme. ""The Salt of Ako"" has a focus on salt-making equipment. ""Ako Castle and Its Castle Town"" introduces it through models and paintings. ""The Loyal Retainers of Ako"" covers the 47 ronin in terms of both historical fact as well as their depiction in culture. ""The Old Ako Waterworks"" explains it through excavated artifacts, videos, and other exhibits. The museum is a hub for raising public awareness about the Ako's 47 ronin and a place where visitors can take a systematic look at the history of salt-making."

赤穂城跡を訪れたときに立ち寄りました。場所柄、赤穂浪士関連の展示はもちろんありましたが、製塩関係や上水などについての展示もあり、予想より興味深く見学できました。JAFの割引対象でした。建物が米蔵のようになっていました。中は撮影禁止でした。

Hyogo

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.