Leisure / Outdoors Spots in Hyogo Area

  • Tajima Plateau Botanical Gardens
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Mikatagunkamichou Muraoka-ku Wachi 709
    A botanical garden located in Wachi, Muraoka Ward, Kami Town, Mikata County, Hyogo Prefecture. The Katsura no Sennensui spring, selected for inclusion in a list of the Top 100 Heisei Famous Water, wells up from the ground on the garden's 17 hectare grounds. There's also a giant Japanese Judas tree that's over 1,000 years old (the spring's namesake). Some 2,000 varieties of plants grow here and a wide variety of insects live in the garden as well. In addition, there is an adjoining restaurant. The garden holds events such as forest yoga, garden concerts, a seasonal tree house restaurant, and an igloo restaurant.

    何年かぶりに訪問した。和池の大カツラも豊かな清流も変わりなかった。 ところが近くに行くと湿原は乾き、木道や橋、ベンチでさえも老朽化し、行き止まりや立ち入り禁止の道がいくつもある。 もらった「花の地図」を見ても、但馬高原と関係のない植物名が平気でいくつも載っている。 圃場に派手な何種類ものチューリップが並んでいて呆れてしまった。これでもまだ入場料500円で植物園なのだろうか。 経営が代わったのかと...

  • Kamisakabenishi Park (Amagasaki Urban Greening Botanical Garden)
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
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    Hyogo Amagasaki-shi Higashi-tsukaguchicho 2-2-1
    The park is about a 3-minute walk from Hankyu Tsukaguchi Station, and is also home to the Amagasaki City Urban Botanical Garden, which features a green consultation center where visitors can read gardening-related books and attend classes. The garden is also home to three-tiered flower beds, sunken beds, a greenhouse with tropical flowers, plants, cacti, and succulents, a rose garden, a hydrangea garden, and many other flowers that are worthy of being called a botanical garden.

    桜の時期に行きました。 広いので散歩には最適かと思います。 なぜか風の通りが良いのか涼しいです。 整備もされていて綺麗です。

  • Kinosaki Straw Work Museum
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
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    Hyogo Pref. Toyokashi Kinosakichouyushima 376-1
    Located in the Kinosaki Onsen area, this museum displays historical pieces of traditional straw work, which has been designated a Traditional Craft by Hyogo Prefecture. The origins of traditional straw work are believed to lie in craftsman who came to the area’s hot spring baths some 280 years ago affixing colored straw to bamboo flutes and other items and selling what they made. Visitors to the museum can view around 200 pieces of straw work crafted from the Meiji to the early Showa periods. The museum’s hands-on learning corner where visitors can make a quick decorative plate or key holder is popular.

    A very small yet interesting museum in Kinosaki. A two level musuem just located beside the river. Youll pass by this site since Kinosaki is quite small and after a couple of days youll see almost...

  • Shiawase no Mura
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    Hyogo Prefecture Kobe City Kita Ward Nice Village 1-1
    This comprehensive welfare park, located in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, was established in 1989. In addition to a hotel which can be used by small as well as large groups, and fun spaces such as a campground, play park, adventure park, and ground golf course, the park has sports facilities, such as tennis courts, an archery range, and horse riding ground. The park also holds sports classes, welfare education sessions, and other events. In addition, there's a day-use hot spring bathhouse, making this a place where you can spend a whole fun-filled day.
  • Awaji World Park ONOKORO
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    Hyougo Pref. Awajishi Shiotanijima 8-5
    "This theme park is located 15 minutes by car from the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway's Tsuna Ichinomiya Interchange. They have loads of activities and attractions for you to experience, ride, or do indoors that are fun for kids and grown-ups alike. Their Miniature World attraction features 1/25 scale replicas of famous buildings from around the world like Christchurch Cathedral and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. They have lots of rides too, like a 60-meter Ferris wheel overlooking Osaka Bay, a merry-go-round, and their ""French cafe "" spinning tea cup ride."
  • Sasayama Children's Museum
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Sasayamashi Kodanaka 572
    "A fun-filled museum surrounded by abundant natural beauty located 25 minutes drive from the Tannan Sasayamaguchi interchange on the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway. To locals, it is known as the ""Chil-myu."" The museum offers a variety of programs and events fun for children and adults alike. Housed inside a closed junior high school building, the museum has hands on exhibits such as old-fashioned toys visitors can touch and play with. Visitors can also enjoy puppet shows by Puppet Theatre La Clarte and workshops which utilize the unique characteristics and culture of the local area. Other things to do include exploring the Gontayama woodland area, and a treasure hunt game (extra fee required)."

    子供連れにはお勧めのスポットです。 元中学校を再利用したミュージアムでした。 懐かしいおもちゃに触れたりして、遊ぶには最適です!!

  • Deka pathos
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Kouyouchounaka 8-1
    "A waterpark located close to Rokko Island Line Marine Park Station as well as a three-minute walk from the ""Kobe Kokusai Daigakumae"" bus stop or a five-minute drive from the Rokko Island-kita exit. The waterpark is only open from mid-July to the beginning of September. Visitors can enjoy a wave pool, lazy river pool, and a kids' pool even small children can safely play in. There are also water slides and a jacuzzi. The park's food corner offers yakisoba and ramen."

    Ok... There can be a lot of people... But at the end we also had a lot of fun : Being there with 2 young kids, they enjoyed so much ! I recommend to rent a small place with table or even long chair...

  • "Amagasaki Sports Forest Water Park ""Amalago"""
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Amagasakishi Ougimachi 43
    A waterpark located in the Amagasaki Sports Forest comprehensive sports complex in Ogi-machi, Amagasaki City. Facilities include the River Ride slide you ride down in a giant inner tube, two nine-meter tall waterslides, a wave pool, lazy river, and shallow pool with play equipment. The park is open from July through September.

    尼崎でも南側にあります。 駐車場も割と広めに用意されているので、車で行くのも大丈夫と思います。 ウォータースライダーや流れるプールなど、さまざまなプールがあり、子供連れでも十分に楽しめる場所です。

  • Toyooka City Museum of Art – Itoh Kiyonaga Memorial Hall
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
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    Hyogo Toyooka-shi Izushicho Uchimachi 98
    "Opened in 1989, the museum houses and exhibits works by Kiyonaga Ito, a Western-style painter from Izushi, who was known for his nudes. The museum holds special exhibitions once or twice a year, and was the site of the ""Izushi Porcelain Triennial,"" a public exhibition of porcelain."

    出石城下町の中心にあり、出石家老屋敷と同じ敷地で隣接しています。小ぢんまりとした美術館ですが、訪問時には企画展も行われていました。出石家老屋敷とあわせて観光するのが良いと思います。

  • Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
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    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.
  • Itami City Children's Culture & Science Museum
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Itamishi Kuwadu 3-1-36
    Museum facilities include a planetarium which utilizes a Megastar IIB Itami projector to display a stunning 5 million starts on a 14-meter dome. There are also numerous hands on exhibits which present the wonders of space in the museum's standing exhibition such as rocket launchers and a bicycle powered solar system. In addition, the museum holds special exhibitions. From the rooftop observatory, visitors can watch planes landing and taking off at the nearby Osaka International Airport; after exploring the museum, check out the airport-adjoining Itami Sky Park.

    行きました。 プラネタリウムは普通に楽しいです。私が一番満喫していたかもしれません笑 年齢問わず楽しめるかと!

  • Kobe Airport Building
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    Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Kobe Airport 1
  • Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archeology
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Kakogunharimachou Onaka 1-1-1
    A museum located in Onaka Iseki Park (Harima Oponaka no mura), a park built around a historic ruin. The museum has four themed exhibition rooms and, with an advance reservation, visitors can enjoy a guided tour provided by a curator or volunteer. At scheduled times each day, visitors can try making tools and crafts used by ancient people in Japan such as magatama beads, stone knives, and woven cords in the hands-on learning room. The museum also holds fire making activities as well as coloring and pottery picture matching activities. One room recreates what an archeological dig looks like and visitors can even potentially try taking part in archeological work. The museum's special exhibitions are held twice a year in spring and fall.

    Great for all ages. A lot of detailed information about prehistoric Japan. Kids’s craft activities, some fill up fast. Nice, extensive park with replica structures. Only downside is there is almost...

  • Azuki Museum
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    3.5
    15 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Himejishi Abo K 611-1
    This azuki bean-themed museum is on Prefectural Route 402 in Abokabuto, Himeji City. It's next to the Kaitenyaki sweet manufacturer Gozasoro's main factory. It has exhibits on azuki bean cultivation and their distribution process, as well as their nutrition, history, and culture. There are also displays on the various kinds of azuki cultivated throughout East Asia. Their restaurant serves fare made with azuki beans, and if you book in advance, you can try making sweets that incorporate them.

    御座候の工場隣接のミュージアムです。 内容はとにかく本格的です。あずきの生態や歴史、育種、文化に至るまで、網羅的に展示されています。専門家の先生のアドバイスの元に作ったそうで、創業者のあずきへの愛と感謝の思いを感じ取れます。生物系の専門家にこそぜひ訪ねて欲しい場所ですね。小さなお子様も学習しやすい展示と内容でお勧めします。 食堂はミュージアムの入館料なしでも利用できます。あずきを使った料理が楽しめ...

  • Himeji City Tegarayama Botanical Garden
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    3.5
    15 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Himejishi Tegara 93
    This botanical garden is located in Tegarayama Chuo Park. The greenhouses of two different sizes, you can see 25,000 flowers of 1,500 species in 120 families including tropical, subtropical and desert plants, with mainly cacti, orchids, begonias and carnivorous plants. In addition, there is a greenhouse just for fringed orchid, the flower of Himeji City, and it is a place where city residents come to relax and see flowers no matter the season. Various exhibitions are held in the brick plaza such as for Western orchids and begonias. In addition, you can enjoy a view overlooking Himeji City from the deck terrace. You can also spend time surrounded by flowers with a unique rock garden, herb garden and flowerbeds.

    新春のらん展に行ってきました。 建物に入るや否やカトレアのいい香りに包まれ大満足でした。 売店にらんやほかの花も売っていますが、品もいいしお買い得なものも多く毎年いくつか買って帰ります。

  • Kobe City Suma Marine Fishing Park
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Hyogo Kobe-shi Suma-ku Ichinotanicho 5 Chisaki
    This park is located along National Route 2 in Ichinotani-cho, Suma-ku, Kobe City. It has a fishing platform that extends 400 meters offshore and a red sea bream fishing pond. There is also a cafeteria where you can eat while gazing at the sea and shops. There are various types of fish, and there are sections with fences so everyone from beginners to advanced fishers can enjoy themselves.

    JR神戸線の須磨駅を降りて海岸沿いを須磨浦公園方面に向かって歩いていたら、海の中にあるこちらの公園が見えました。近くにいくまで何か分かりませんでしたが、到着して須磨海づり公園である事がわかりました。 残念ながら休園日だったようです。 名前の通り釣りが楽しめる場所なんですね。

  • Suma Beach
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    Hyogo Prefecture Kobe City Suma Ward
    Approximately eight minutes on foot from JR Sumakaihinkoen Station. The beach stretches about 1,800 meters from 1-chome Wakamiya Town to 6-chome Sumaura-dori in Suma Ward. Usually open from early July to late August, it features a beautiful stretch of sandy beach with green pines.
  • Okura Beach Park
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Akashishi Okurakaigandori 2-11
    A park located in Okurakaigandori, Akashi City. Commanding a view of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and Awaji Island, facilities include an artificial turf field equal to three futsal fields in size, a multipurpose square with a clubhouse, and a swimming beach.

    鉄道でも車でも行ける海辺の便利な公園です。 ショッピングのエリア、スポーツバーベキューのエリアに分かれており、明石市役所裏では釣りを楽しむ人もいました。

  • Ikutagawa Park
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
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    Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kumochichou 4
    A park sprawling 1.6 kilometers north and south along the Ikuta River a three-minute walk from Shin-Kobe Station on JR, municipal subway, and Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway lines. The park extends from Shin-Kobe Station to HAT Yume Park. An avenue of some 150 cherry trees called the Nunobiki Hana Kaido follows the river, and in spring when the cherry blossoms are in bloom the Ikuta River Cherry Blossom Festival is held and the trees are lit up at night for visitors to enjoy. Facilities include steps leading to a terraced, maintained section of the river; a playground with large play equipment; and a Chinese-style arbor. Visitors can catch sight of wild birds along the river such as spot-billed ducks.

    朝早い電車の待合に新神戸駅周辺を散策です。駅前からは素晴らし日の出の光景を目にしました。春はあけぼのとはよく言ったものですね。ここの公園は桜が有名、満開時にまた来てみたいものです。

  • Rokkosan Athletics Park GREENIA
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    Hyogo Kobe-shi Nada-ku Rokkosancho Kita Rokko 4512-98

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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.

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