52 Sights in Kobe, Japan (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Kobe, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 52 sights are available in Kobe, Japan.
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Meriken Park is a waterfront park located in the port city of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The park features the Kobe Port Tower, Kobe Maritime Museum, and a memorial to victims of the Great Hanshin earthquake. The name of the park comes from the word "American," which was commonly translated as "Meriken" during the Meiji era. Meriken Park is also the location of the Hotel Okura Kobe and Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel.
The Kobe Port Tower is a landmark in the port city of Kobe, Japan. The sightseeing tower was completed in 1963 and was temporarily closed from late 2009 to 28 April 2010 and again to present for renovation. It is located in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
3. Kobe Muslim Mosque
Kobe Masjid , also known as Kobe Muslim Masjid , was founded in October 1935 in Kobe and is Japan's first masjid. Its construction was funded by donations collected by the Islamic Committee of Kobe from 1928 until its opening in 1935. The mosque was confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943. However, it continues to function as a mosque today. It is located in the Kitano-cho foreign district of Kobe. The mosque survived the air raids that laid waste to most of Kobe's urban districts in 1945 and was able to endure through the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. The mosque is located in one of Kobe's best-known tourist areas, which features many old western style buildings.
4. Goshikizuka ancient tomb
The Goshikizuka Kofun (五色塚古墳) is a kofun burial mound located in the Goshikiyama neighborhood of Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus is the largest in Hyōgo Prefecture, and is estimated to have been built around the end of the 4th century and the beginning of the 5th century. It is known as the first kofun to be restored to what archaeologists believe to be its original appearance. It is also known as the Sentsubo Kofun (千壺古墳). Together with the smaller neighboring Kotsubo Kofun (小壺古墳) it was designated a National Historic Site in 1921, with the area under protection extended in 1974, 1979 and 2006.
5. 香雪美術館
The Kōsetsu Museum of Art is an art museum that opened in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1973. The museum preserves, researches, and displays the collection of Japanese and East Asian artworks—including Buddhist art, calligraphic works, tea utensils, early-modern paintings, arms and armour, and lacquerware—built up by Murayama Ryōhei, also known as Kōsetsu, founder of The Asahi Shimbun. These works include nineteen Important Cultural Properties and twenty-three Important Works of Fine Arts. In December 2021, the museum closed for an extended period of renovation, although exhibition activities continue through the Nakanoshima Kōsetsu Museum of Art in Osaka.
6. 旧ハッサム住宅
Former Hassam House is a foreign museum located in Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is said to have been designed by A.N. Hansell, who worked on a number of foreign houses such as the Shweke House and the Gate House. Construction was completed in 1902. The south veranda, which overlooks the vast Japan garden, is an arcade-style on the first floor and a colonnade style on the second floor, which is a feature of the exterior of the house. It is highly regarded as a masterpiece of architecture that conveys the characteristics of the Meiji-era foreign museum, and was designated as an important cultural property of Japan on June 7, 1961.
7. Funa-Yakata Pleasure Barge
Funayakata is a historical building "Kawagozafune" located in Sorakuen Gardens in Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. A barge is a ship used by a daimyo in the Edo period for changing attendance and sightseeing, and only a few remain to this day. Among them, this funayagata is the only existing river barge, and due to its rarity and high historical and cultural value, it was designated as an important cultural property of Japan in 1953 (Showa 28).
8. Akashi Kaikkyo Bridge Exhibition Center
The Hashi no Science Museum is a science museum located in Tarumi Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It opened in April 1998. The scale is a two-story building with a total floor area of about 1,700 square meters. Previously, it was managed and operated by the Marine Bridge and Bridge Research Foundation, but now it is managed and operated by JB Highway Service Co., Ltd. It is located on the Kobe side of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Maiko Park.
9. Fort Wadamisaki
The Wadamisaki Battery is a coastal defense located in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Japan. It was built in 1864 by the Tokugawa shogunate in the Bakumatsu period, shortly before the end of the Shōgun's reign. One of many batteries built by the shogunate towards the end of its reign, the Wadamisaki Battery is the only one remaining from several that were built around Osaka Bay and is today listed in the Japanese government's register of historic sites.
10. 御影公会堂
Kobe City Mikaga Public Hall is a historic building located on the north side of Miji Ishimachi, Higashinada -ku, Kobe -shi, Hyogo, east of Ishiya River, and north of Route 2. It is registered as a registered tangible cultural property of the country. In addition to being used as a gathering facility, the Mikage Hall in the facility is known as a long -established Western restaurant that has been operating since the construction.
11. D51 211
The Class D51 (D51形) is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the Japanese National Railways (JNR), and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizo, Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo, Mitsubishi, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from 1936 to 1945 and 1950 to 1951. 174 were preserved in Japan but 5 out of the 174 are operational leaving only 169 on display.
12. 神戸護国神社
Hyogo Kobe Gokoku Shrine is a shrine (Gokoku Shrine) located in Shinohara Kitamachi, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Eastern Hyogo Prefecture (Tamba, Settsu, Awaji Enshrines 53,257 heroic spirits related to the area. The grounds of the temple grounds are 2,200 tsubo, and cherry trees are planted in the precincts and on the road in front of the shrine to comfort the scattered heroic spirits.
13. Sumaura Sanjo Yuen Park
Sumaura Sanjo Amusement Park is a lush green park that includes a botanical garden and amusement park in Sumaura Park, which spreads around the summits of Mt. Hachibushi and Mt. Hatshin in Suma Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It was operated by Sanyo Electric Railway's subsidiary "Sumaura Amusement Park Co., Ltd.", but it was directly managed by Sanyo Electric Railway from December 1, 2019.
14. Sorakuen Garden
The gardens of Sōraku-en (相楽園) are in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. Formerly attached to the Taishō-era residence of Kodera Yasujirō, ownership passed to the city of Kobe in 1941. Since then they have been open to the public. Most of the former residence was destroyed in the Pacific War; the stables of 1907 survived and have been designated an Important Cultural Property.
15. Onsen-ji
Onsen-ji Temple is a temple of the Obaku sect located in Arima-cho, Kita Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Its sango (literally, "mountain name"), which is the title prefixed to the name of a Buddhist temple, is Arimasan. Its principal image is Yakushi Nyorai (Healing Buddha). The sect was originally Shingon sect. Its formal name was Arimasan Onsen Zen-ji Temple.
16. 摩耶観光ホテル跡
Maya Kanko Hotel (Maya Kanko Hotel) is a hotel that used to operate on the slopes of Mt. Maya in Nada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It was completed in 1930 and closed in the 1990s. After that, it was ruined, but its value as a modernist building was evaluated, and it was decided to register it as a national tangible cultural property, which is rare in ruins.
17. Yokan Nagaya French House
Yokan Nagaya is a foreign building facing Kitano Street in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Also with the former Bosy House and the Buddha Lan West Wing. It is one of the Western-style buildings that make up the Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District "Kitano-cho Yamamoto-dori" and has been selected as one of the "100 Modern Houses in Hyogo".
18. 舞子砲台跡
The Akashi Domain Maiko Battery was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected by Akashi Domain on the Seto Inland Sea coast of what is now Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 2007. It is also called the Maiko Hōdai-ato (舞子砲台跡) after its location on Kaji Bay.
19. 六甲八幡神社
Rokko Yahata Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine near Hankyu Rokko Station in Nada-ku, Kobe. It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe along with the Sumiyoshi Shrine. It holds events on New Year's Day, the yakujin festival, setsubun and Shichi-Go-San. The big red torii gate at the entrance to the shopping mall is very large. It is at least 110 years old.
20. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Museum is a museum located in Maiko Park in Tarumi Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Formerly known as Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The octagonal Chinese-style pavilion "Transitional Pavilion" is the oldest surviving concrete block building in Japan, built in 1915, and has been designated as an important cultural property of Japan.
21. Ben's House
Ben's House is a historical building facing Kitano Street in Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is one of the Western-style buildings that make up the Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District "Kitano-cho Yamamoto-dori" and has been selected as one of the "100 Modern Houses in Hyogo". Also with the former Ferré House.
22. World Memorial Hall
World Memorial Hall or World Hall is a multi-purpose arena located in the Chūō-ku Ward of Kobe, Japan. It has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people and is optimized for large-scale meetings, sport events, trade shows and concerts. It is located on the artificial island of Port Island, along with numerous convention centers, hotels and universities.
23. 白鶴美術館
Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum opened in 1934 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan to display the collection of Kanō Jihei, seventh head of the Hakutsu Sake Brewing Company . As such it was one of the first private museums in Japan. The collection of some 1450 items includes two National Treasures and twenty-two Important Cultural Properties.
24. 出雲大社神戸分祠
Izumo Taisha Kobe Branch Shrine is a shrine located in the urban area of Kobe, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. He is known as the "God of Marriage," "the God of Fortune," and the "God of the Ghost." Enshrine the spirit of Izumo Taisha's shrine deity, the Lord of the Kingdom. Also known as "Izumo-san in Kobe"
25. 神戸市文書館
The Kobe City Archives is the archive of the city of Kobe in Japan. It contains records dating back to the mid 19th century. The building containing the archive is currently located in the Chuo district of Kobe, near Shin-Kobe Station. The building is in Art Deco style, and was recognised as a "significant building" in 2000.
26. 神戸市立森林植物園
The Kobe Municipal Arboretum , also known as the Kobe City Forest Botanical Garden, is a 142.6-hectare botanical garden and arboretum located near Mount Maya at 4-1 Nakaichiri-yama, Shimotanigami, Yamada-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is operated by the city and open daily except Wednesdays; an admission fee is charged.
27. 能福寺
Nōfuku-ji (能福寺) is a Buddhist temple that, from the legend, was founded in 805 by the monk Saichō, in Kita Sakasegawa, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Saichō placed a statue of Yakushi Nyorai of his own making in the temple hall and named the temple Nōfuku Gokoku Mitsu-ji (能福護国密寺).
28. 河内国魂神社
Kawachi Kuni Soul Shrine (Kawachi Kuni Tamajinja / Kawachi no Kuni Tamajinja, Kawachi Kuni Soul Shrine) is a shrine located in Kunitamadori, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is Gosha. Originally, it was called "Gogeten God" and "Gogeten Shrine".
29. Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum is a museum of carpentry tools in Kobe, Japan. The museum was opened in 1984 with the objective of collecting and conserving ancient tools as an example of Japanese cultural heritage, in order to pass them on to the next generation through research and exhibitions.
30. 本願寺神戸別院 (モダン寺)
Honganji Kobe Betsuin is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located in Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It is a separate temple directly under the Nishi Honganji Temple (Kyoto City) of the main temple of the same school. It is also nicknamed "Modern Temple".
31. Italian House & Decorative Arts Museum
The Italian Pavilion and Platonic Museum of Decorative Arts is a historical building and art museum located in Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. It was opened to the public in 1991. Also with the former Avoy House. A traditional building in the Kitano and Yamamoto districts.
32. 三宮神社
Sannomiya Shrine is a shrine located in Sannomiya-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. It is the third pillar of the shrines from Ichinomiya to Hachinomiya (Ikuta Shrine Eight Shrines) that enshrine the eight pillars of Ikuta Shrine, and enshrines the life of Takitsuhime as a deity.
33. 旧小寺家厩舎
The former Kodera family stable is a Western-style stable building located in Sorakuen Gardens in Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It was designed by architect Kozo Kawai and completed in 1910. It was designated as an important cultural property of Japan in 1970.
34. Touri Tenjo-ji
Tōri Tenjō-ji (忉利天上寺), officially Mayazan Tenjō-ji (仏母摩耶山天上寺) or Mayazan Tenjō-ji (摩耶山天上寺), is a Shingon Buddhist temple in eastern Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located on Mount Maya in the Nada ward of Kobe.
35. 倚松庵
倚 Matsuan is a historic building built in Higashi -Nada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. The old residence of Junichiro Tanizaki. It is also called the "house of" Hosoyuki "" after the masterpiece written here. The hermitage is based on the name of Mrs. Matsuko.
36. 神戸文化ホール
Kobe Culture Hall (Kobe Bunka Hall) is a music and theater hall located in Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Home of the Kobe Philharmonic. It opened on April 1, 1973 with the aim of improving the culture of the region. There is a large hall and a medium hall.
37. Former Residence of The Kinoshita Family
The former Kinoshita House is a modern Japanese-style sukiya-style building located in Tarumi Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. The three buildings, the main house, the storehouse, and the barn, are registered as tangible cultural properties of the country.
38. 徳光院
Tokuko-in or Tokukozen-in is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Katsuai, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Daimaru, the Tenryuji sect of the Rinzai sect. The main Buddha is the eleven-sided Kansei Tone Bodhisattva.
39. Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Center for People and Disaster Prevention was established with the aim of becoming a global hub for disaster prevention and mitigation. The facility is located at HAT Kobe in Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
40. Kobe Shinkaichi Kirakukan Theater
Kobe Shinkai and Kiraku -kan (Kirakukan) opened on July 11, 2018, in Shinkaichi 2 -chome, Hyogo -ku, Kobe -shi, Hyogo. It is said to be one of the second rakugo seats after Tenma Tenjin Shogatei, and is held every day such as rakugo. Known as Kirakukan.
41. Zenfuku-ji
Zenpukuji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Soto sect located in Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Kotokusan. The honzon is Amitabha. It is located at the foot of the deciduous mountains in Arima Onsen Township.
42. 第4代兵庫県知事陸奥宗光公を讃える石碑
Count Mutsu Munemitsu was a Japanese diplomat and politician. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1890 and worked to revise unequal treaties. He served as plenipotentiary at the peace conference in Shimonoseki after the First Sino-Japanese War.
43. Motosumiyoshi Shrine
Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Higashinada ward, Kobe. It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe. It is next to Sumiyoshi Station. There is documentary evidence that the shrine has existed since the 13th century.
44. Former Residence of Saji Muto
Former Muto Ichibetsu Western -style building is a Western -style building located in Tarumi -ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Another name is the former Muto Sanji House (Kyumuto Sanji), and the Maiko Koukurabu (Kyukanbou Kokurabu).
45. KOBEとんぼ玉ミュージアム
The KOBE Tonbodama Museum (Kobe Tonbodama Museum) is an art museum dedicated to lampwork glass crafts such as lampwork, including lampwork such as dragonfly beads. It is located in a former settlement in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
46. Moegi House
The former Sharp House is a foreign house located in Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is also known as the "House of Moe Huang". It was designated as an important cultural property of Japan on December 18, 1980.
47. 聖徳院
Shotokuin Temple (しょうとくいん), Kobe City Chuo-ku Temple. Koyasan Shingon Sect and Quasi-Bege Mt. Buddha-figure : Kobo Daishi 脇仏 : Fudo Ming King 脇仏 : Aizen Ming King (Heisei 13 year・春に open eyes)
48. Maya San
Mount Maya is a 698.6-metre-high (2,292 ft) mountain in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the major peaks of the Rokkō Mountains, and is the most popular peak for visitors on the West-Rokkō Mountains.
49. Kobe East Park
Higashi Yuenchi is an urban park managed by the city of Kobe located at 6-chome, Kano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is located south of the main building of Kobe City Hall and on the west side of Flower Road.
50. 伊川谷惣社神社
Igawatani Sosha is a shrine located on Igawatani -cho, Nishi -ku, Kobe -shi, Hyogo. One of the shrines compared to Monobe Shrine in the Enki -style name book. The old business is a town. Also called Sosha Shrine.
51. 岡本梅林公園
Okamoto Plum Forest Park is a park located in Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. In addition, there is also a separate plum forest appreciation area called "Hokura Plum Forest" in the same area.
52. 多井畑厄除八幡宮
Taihata Hachimangu Shrine is a shrine located in Miyawaki Taihata, Suma Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is commonly known as the Taibata Evil God. Japan's oldest spiritual place to ward off evil.
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