Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Kobe, Japan
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6 km
117 m
Explore Kobe in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in KobeIndividual Sights in KobeSight 1: Kitamuki Jizo
Kitamuki Jizo is a statue of Jizo Bodhisattva enshrined facing north on the wall of a building located at 1-chome, Kitanagasa-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Sight 2: Ikuta Shrine
Book Ticket*Ikuta Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Chūō Ward of Kobe, Japan, and is possibly among the oldest shrines in the country.
Sight 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.
Sight 4: Kitano Meister Garden
Kitano Kobo no Machi is an "experiential workshop where you can encounter the Kobe brand" in Chuo-ku, Kobe City.
Sight 5: 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.
Sight 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.
Sight 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).
Sight 8: 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.
Sight 9: 日本基督教団神戸栄光教会
Japan Christian Church Kobe Glory Church is a church of the Japan Christian Church located in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Sight 10: 八宮神社
Hachinomiya Shrine (Hachinomiya Shrine) is a shrine located in Kusunomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, where the Rokunomiya Shrine and Hachinomiya Shrine of the Ikuta Shrine are combined.
Sight 11: 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.
Sight 12: Okurayama Park
Mt. Okura is a small hill located in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The name comes from the fact that Kihachiro Okura, who was active as a merchant during the Meiji Restoration and built a zaibatsu in a single generation, bought about 8,000 tsubo of land on Anyoji Mountain and later donated it to Kobe City.
Sight 13: 神戸市水の科学博物館
The Kobe City Water Science Museum is a science museum located in Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
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