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Central Kobe City

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Kobe Animal Kingdom

4.5

608 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Minatojimaminamimachi 7-1-9

An all-weather theme park located on Port Island in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Its predecessor was the Kobe Flower and Bird Garden, a facility which brought guests in contact with flowers and birds. The park contains numerous greenhouses and outdoor exhibition spaces where tropical flowers bloom in profusion. Numerous varieties of animals and birds are also allowed to roam the park freely, or can be view up close in special exhibits. Visitors can enjoy getting close to and even feeding rare birds, capybara, alpacas, and penguins. The impressive bird show and dog performances are a must-see. The park’s seasonal buffet can be enjoyed by all ages, from children to senior citizens, making it well-received with families.

Really fun experience, much better than we expected. We needed something fun for our son who has been a trooper the past few days. This was really great. There are a few animals who look a bit...
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

Leisure / Hobbies

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

Leisure / Hobbies

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.
Sorakuen Garden

4.0

117 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Nakayamatedori 5-3-1

A Japanese garden in the style of a path around a central pond which includes a waterfall, stepping stones, stone bridge, and pond on spacious 20 thousand square meter grounds. The garden is famous for its azaleas in spring and fall foliage in autumn. Originally the garden in the principle home of Kodera Taijiro, a retainer of Sanda Domain, the garden was started in 1885 and completed in the late Meiji period. Visitors can enjoy scenery blending Western and Japanese sights, including a great camphor tree said to be 500 years old; the Old Hassam Residence, an Important Cultural Property moved here from the Ijinkan-gai area; the only remaining original river pleasure boat in Japan, and a team room.

We had this place all to ourselves on a rainy afternoon. I loved the paths, waterfalls, and bridges. A great place to quietly reflect. 300 yen is a good price, but it could have been a bit bigger...
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...
Bando Kobe Science Museum

3.5

53 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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...
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Wakinohamakaigandori 1-1-1

Designed to be integrate seamlessly into the adjoining Nagisa Park by architect Tadao Ando, the museum was opened in 2002 as one of the largest art museum in Western Japan. Located in Hat Kobe, locals simply call it, “the art museum.” The museum’s collection spans some 9,000 pieces of modern sculptures, woodblock prints, and contemporary art by Japanese and international artists as well as works by Hyogo-born artists such as Ryohei Koiso and Tadanori Yokoo.
Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum

3.5

16 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Kyomachi 79 Japan Building 2F

This art museum is located in the Kyo-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City. It holds about 2,000 permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions, including collections of domestic and foreign glass craft collections dating back to ancient times, and works by contemporary artists. In addition, it holds regular glass beadmaking and glasswork classes. It also has a shop that exhibits and sells works.

子供と市内のいろいろなミュージアムにまわっての比較で、規模は小さめ、入場料は高めです。製作はよかったのですが、しばらく後にアクセサリ作りを強くお勧めされ、室内見学は中断することに。子供がいろいろな部材でネックレスをつくりましたが料金表示が不明瞭なこともありお会計では１個6,000円となりました。お隣のランプミュージアムがイベント無料でホスピタリティーあふれてたので、対比すると残念な感じではありまし...
Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Wakinohamakaigandori 1-5-2

Located in the HAT in Kobe, this facility looks to take the lessons learned from the Great Kobe Earthquake of 1995 and teach the importance of Emergency Management, natural disaster reduction, and natural disaster prevention to the 21st century and the world though a collection of documents, sources, and exhibits that will help train the youth in emergency management. In the Great Earthquake Hall on the fourth floor of the West Bldg. you can experience the terrible sights and sounds of an earthquake's destruction in the theater as well as visit a diorama of what the cityscape looked like immediately following the earthquake. There are records of the experiences of disaster victims and on the third floor of the East Bldg. there is the Threat of Wind and Water Disasters corner where you can learn about storm and flood damage. This is a popular destination for school events as well as those in training.
Denmark Museum

3.0

14 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kitanochou 2-15-12

Located in the “foreign building district (Ijinkan-gai)” of Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, this museum was opened with the assistance of the Denmark embassy and the Denmark commerce office. It introduces Denmark’s history and culture and contains many fascinating sights, including a Viking ship replica half the actual size along with a recreation of the study used by fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen. Cute Denmark-inspired goods are also available at an adjoining facility. The nearest stations are Shin-Kobe Station and Sannomiya Station.

オランダ館にいったついでに、デンマーク館にも立ち寄りました。主に、ヴァイキングについての資料館といった面持で15分もあれば回りおわると思います。特にすごく面白いというわけではないですが、まあこんなものかなと思って見て回りました。
Kobe Overseas Chinese History Museum

4.0

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kaigandori 3-1-1 KCC Building 2F

A museum where visitors can learn about the lives and activities of the overseas Chinese who moved to Kobe with the opening of the Port of Kobe in 1868. The museum is located a five-minute walk east from the Exit 2 of Minato Motomachi Station on the Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line. An unusual facility in that it is operated by overseas Chinese living in Kobe, museum exhibits range from works of art to everyday tools and include rare cultural artefacts, writings, and historical materials. Here visitors can trace the history of exchange between Japanese people and the overseas Chinese who played such a large role in the development of the international trade center that is Kobe, catching a glimpse of the little-known world of overseas Chinese.

The place is a room on the second floor that is a showcase of tidbits of overseas Chinese history in Kobe using calligraphy, photos, objects, tools of trade, paintings including one that may be an...
Wien Austrian House

4.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kitanochou 2-15-18

This museum located in the Ijinkan area (an area of Western-style buildings built mostly for foreign settlers) in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture introduces the history and culture of Austria, with an emphasis on the famous composer, Mozart. In the building, recreated to look like an aristocratic house of the 18th century, are exhibits which display costumes and wedding features reminiscent of the court culture of the time, and portraits of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresia. You can also see a replica of the piano used by Mozart and music written by the man himself. There is also a chocolate shop selling goods direct from prestigious hotels in Vienna, and you can enjoy the taste of delicious chocolate while having a drink on the garden terrace.

We came here twice during our visit .good fresh for decent price. it was delicious , the food was well cooked. can recommend anyone
ASICS Sports Museum

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Minatojimanakamachi 7-1-1

"A two-minute walk from Nakafuto Station on the Port Island Line. This museum is owned and operated by Asics, a sporting goods company based in Chuo Ward, Kobe City. Here visitors can experience the performances of top class athletes and see shoes used in a wide variety of competitive sports. Watch stunning athletic performances on a giant, 138 inch ""super-vision"" screen and experience the speed of their world. Using ""virtual vision,"" virtual athletes engage in all out competition right before your eyes in the museum."

アシックススポーツ用品が好きなので、興味があり行ってみました。ポートライナー中埠頭駅を降りて徒歩３分くらいの所です。無料で見学できる施設で、建物の１、２階で見学でします。１階はアスリート体験ができ、２階は選手のサイン入りのシューズやスポーツ用品なども展示されています。アシックスの歴史を学ぶ事もできて良かったです。ゆっくり見学できました。
Platon Decorative Arts Museum (Italian House)

4.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kitanochou 1-6-15

The Platon Decorative Arts Museum is a Western-style building located in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, one of the former residences built for foreign settlers in 1915. The interior of the building is open as an art museum, and has on display furniture and decorations dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, and furniture of the Italian sculptor Victor Aimone. There are many other valuable pieces of work to see such as paintings by Millet, Rousseau and Bonnard, hand-drawn sketches by Jean Cocteau, and sculptures by Rodin. You can enjoy tea or lunch at the poolside cafe in the South European-styled garden with pool.

もちろん、お茶をプールサイドで楽しめますが、館内の部屋の調度品が素晴らしく、お茶以外に十分楽しめます。驚くに値する絵画、ワインのコレクション、宝石が見られます。
Kobe Mysterious Consaltate of Trick Art

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kitanochou 2-10-7

This is a trick art museum located in the former residences of early foreign settlers in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. This white walled residence of early foreign settlers was constructed as a residence for Mr. Hilton in the late Meiji period, and after the war, it was also used as the Panama consular office. The interior of the building is divided into six areas such as the “the Illusion World”, “Masterpieces World” and the “the Maze Room”, and there are countless exhibits of trick art which use optical illusions and perspective. At the museum, you can experience for yourself and you can enjoy taking photographs like entering into a painting.
KOBE KITANO MUSEUM

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Kitanocho 2-9-6

An art museum in the historic building that used to house the American Consulate. It was constructed in 1898. The wooden single-story Western-style building provides a look at the culture, history, and charm of the Kitano Ijinkan area. It was the first museum in Japan to have exhibits on the National Olive Farm and is the headquarters of the Kitano-Yamamoto Community Association and Kobe International Olive Academy. The permanent exhibition includes lithographs and original drawings by painters associated with Montmartre.
atoa

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Shinkocho 7-2
Iju Museum

4.0

13 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Yamamotodori 3-19-8 of emigration and cultural exchange center 1/2F

元神戸市立中央市民病院の建物を改装して神戸からブラジルへの移民文化を展示した施設で移民が盛んだったころの様子が再現されていてなかなか見ごたえのある施設です。

Hyogo Central Kobe City

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Aquarium Museum / Science Museum Zoo Art Museum Botanical Garden

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.