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Kobe Fashion Museum

4.0

37 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Kouyouchounaka 2-9-1

The first national art museum focused on fashion, Kobe Fashion Museum is located on Rokko Island, a seaborne city in Higashinada Ward in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It boasts a unique design that resembles a UFO. Exhibits are on the first floor and include the basic exhibits, which feature a rich collection of items, and special exhibits hosted in other buildings. There is also a library featuring 40,000 books and magazines about fashion from both Japan and around the world, as well as a museum shop with artist contributions, an event hall, and other facilities.

In one section a person can try on costumes and have a photo taken, and with video see themselves in additional costumes. Actual clothing display is in one large room, perhaps forty examples mostly...
Nishinomiya Kitayama Botanical Garden

4.5

48 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Nishinomiyashi Kitayamachou 1-1

This botanical garden is 15 minutes by bus from Hankyu Electric Railway's Shukugawa Station. Surrounded by lush mountains, it's packed with flower beds and is a model of urban greening and household horticulture. Visitors take in flower beds with rose and hydrangea plantings, border beds with a variety of blooming flowers throughout the year, beds with medicinal plants, and more. In addition to selling seasonal plants and their own soil mixture, they also welcome horticultural consultations with their experts. The elegant sukiyazukuri-style Kitayama Sanso adorns the grounds, as well as a Japanese garden with splendid scenery including a water cascade, Kitayama cedars, and colorful leaves in autumn.

Little out of the way. However, there is pay parking onsite. The rate is only 100 yen per hour - a great deal. A great place to see autumn colors change. No entrance fee. There is a...
Kinosaki Marine World

3.5

4 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Toyokashi Seto 1090

"This aquarium is in Seto, Toyooka City. At 12 meters, its main tank is the deepest in the country. They also have a play area for the seals and sea lions, an area that lets you see dolphins up close, and an amphitheater for shows. Programs let you feed the fish at their Fish Dance attraction, interact with dolphins, get close to the animals with a ""Backyard Tour,"" and make and eat tempura with horse mackerel you catch yourself. "

イカリングカレーを食べました。美味しかったです。妻はてんぷら丼。ちょっといただいたが、これも悪くなかったです。水族館の中にあるレストランとしては十分合格点です。
Itami City Museum of Insects

4.0

39 Reviews

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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...
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art

4.0

47 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Kouyouchounaka 5-7

This art museum is on Rokko Island, a “floating city” in Higashinada Ward, Kobe City. It stores and displays over 2,000 works of art by Ryohei Koiso, an oil painter with a connection to Kobe. It is one of the largest personal art museums in Japan, and in addition to the various works shown in the three exhibit rooms, it hosts many special exhibitions as well. In the courtyard is a reconstructed and restored studio that Ryohei Koiso used to use while he was alive.

The Koiso Museum is newly refurbished and an interesting stop while you are in Kobe. It is primarily dedicated to Ryohei Koiso who was an active artist from the 1930s through the 1960s. He spent time...
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City

4.0

55 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Nishinomiyashi Nakahamachou 4-38

A six-minute walk from Koroen Station on the Hanshin Electric Railway. This art museum was opened in 1972 by Nishinomiya City thanks to the donation of land, a building, and works of art from the late Takejiro Otani. The museum's collection primarily consists of Japanese modern Western style paintings and French modern paintings. In addition, the museum has over 1,100 works and art prints by local artists. Visitors are free to walk the garden visible from the museum's lobby, and one of the facility's draws is its beautiful scenery consisting of flowing water and lush greenery. The museum holds a variety of events, including an exhibition of original picture book illustrations from the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.

阪神電鉄香枦園駅から徒歩10分ほど。佐藤健寿展を観賞。住宅街の中にある美術館で、もともとは個人の邸宅であったものを美術館としています。庭園もよく手入れされていて見所です。この規模の美術館にしては展覧会の企画もよく、カフェもあります。ロビーからの庭園の眺めもよし。
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。
Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center

4.0

24 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Kasaishi Toyokurachou Iimori 1282-1

"A park located right next to the ""Flower Center Seimon-mae"" bus stop. The park is divided into two areas-one consisting of Kamenokura Pond and the flower beds encircling it, and another a flower garden where similar flowers are grown. In total, a combined 4,500 varieties of wild and garden plants grow on the grounds. The park's pond is a gathering ground for waterfowl and here visitors can take in an abundance of natural beauty, including an untouched pine woods. In the park's large greenhouse, tropical plants and carnivorous plants are grown in different areas; there's also a cafe here where visitors can enjoy a cup of tea while taking in the flowers. Other park facilities include a garden shop, observatory, and log house."

チューリップが有名ですが、鯉鯉まつりの時期は園内で200匹以上の鯉のぼりが泳いでいて、雄大な景観が広がっています。花々を眺めながら食事ができる園内のレストラン「フルーリ」もオススメです。
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？
Ashiya City Museum of Art and History

3.5

25 Reviews

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Hyogo Ashiya-shi Isecho 12-25

Located approximately a 15-minute walk from Hanshin Ashiya Station, this art museum is also very close to the Midori-cho (Bijutsu-hakubutsukan-mae) bus stop, and mainly exhibits works from contemporary artists with links to Ashiya. In addition, it functions as a museum, collecting and investigating documents that pertain to the history of Ashiya. It also holds events such as lectures and workshops by curators. In addition, there are cafes and museum shops that sell catalogs and postcards.

無料開放の日に訪れました。マイナーなのか、無料なのに閑散としていました。施設自体がかなり古いようで、カーペットなどめくれてしまっている部分もありましあた。のんびり鑑賞できるので、いいと思います。
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...
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

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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.
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
Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum

4.5

26 Reviews

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Hyogo Kobe-shi Higashinada-ku Sumiyoshi Yamate 6-1-1

This art museum is located in the 6 Chome Sumiyoshi-yamate, Higashinada-ku, Kobe City. It opened in 1934 based on the ancient art collection of the seventh-generation owner of Hakutsuru Breweries, Jihei Kano. The museum houses over 1,400 antiques including National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, such as bronzeware, ceramics, books and paintings, and is open only during the spring and autumn exhibitions. In addition, there is also a new building that holds a Middle Eastern carpet collection.

The museum is famous for its world-class collection of ancient Chinese bronze work, but it also holds valuable collection of other art works, such as porcelain, lacquer ware, and painting...
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...
Sasayama Historical Art Museum

4.0

26 Reviews

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Hyogo Prefecture Tamba Kashiyama-Cho 53

This art museum is located in Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture. In order to preserve Japan's oldest wooden court as an important structure, the exterior and old court were left as it, and the rest was remodeled as an art museum. In addition to works of art such as armor related to the old castle town of Tamba-Sasayama, lacquer art and paintings, there are also a number of famous items that were made from Sasayama Domain kilns at the end of the Edo period, and buried cultural properties that tell the culture of the Sasayama region since ancient times are on display. You can enjoy various artworks as well as precious Meiji period (1868-1912) architecture.

昔の篠山地方裁判所の建物を歴史美術館として活用されています。館長さんはとても話し好きで親切に対応してくれます。写真撮影ができるのはロビーと旧法廷のみです。展示資料の種類は意外と多く、展示の資料説明も詳しくわかりやすくなっています。縄文弥生時代から近現代までの陶器や刀、絵画などが所狭しと展示されています。見ごたえある作品ばかりで時間が過ぎるのを忘れてしまいそうです。旧法廷はコンパクトな造りで、当時の...
Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum

3.5

16 Reviews

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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...

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.