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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...
Sawanotsuru Sake Museum

4.0

41 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Oishiminamimachi 1-29-1

The Sawanotsuru Sake Museum is 10 minutes on foot from Hanshin Oishi Station in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Housed in the Oishi Kura that was built over 170 years ago in the late Edo period, the museum educates the public about sake brewing culture and features exhibits on traditional Nada Sake brewing. These include valuable sake making equipment like large sake barrels from Sawanotsuru's 300-plus-year history, as well as models of Japanese ships such as Kitamae / Sengoku-bune that were used for sake transport. There is also a museum shop where visitors can enjoy free tastings of unprocessed sake.

Two floors of exhibits inside a real sake brewery building thats declared a cultural treasure by the government. Theres a small garden with a well and the exterior is a nice photographic subject...
Honpukuji Temple, Mizumido

3.5

37 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Awajishi Ura 1310

This temple is located about five minutes by car from Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway's Higashiura Interchange. Belonging to the Omuro school of Shingon sect of Buddhism, the temple is the 59th stop on the Awaji Shikoku Pilgrimage. Its famous reinforced concrete main hall, Mizumido, was designed by Tadao Ando. Looking out over Osaka Bay, built into the hillside, it has a concrete ensconced lotus pond as its roof. The pond features floating water lilies and oga hasu, an ancient variety cultivated about 2,000 years ago.

Been wanting to see this temple for years. Arrived and met a travelling group of acrobats and performance artists hanging out around the lotus pond area, striking poses and taking pictures of...
Glicopia Kobe

4.0

46 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Nishi-ku Takatsukadai 7-1

A chocolate factory and museum operated by the famous confectionary company Glico located a one-minute walk from the Takatsukadai 1-Chome bus stop. The entrance is a giant Pocky stick and inside visitors can peer through windows and watch snacks like Pocky and Pretz being made. The facility also offers visitors the chance to make Bisco by hand. The factory shop sells exclusive and new products perfect for souvenirs and gifts. Entry requires a reservation made by phone or over the Internet; reservations are accepted up to four months in advance.

The general manager had email me to confirm my visit when my visit date was near. My reserved time was 15:00, but I arrived at 16;30. The staff was very kind, she allowed us to enter & give us quick...
Itsukushima Shrine

3.5

12 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Sumotoshi Honmachi 4-1-27

"A Shinto shrine located in the center of Sumoto City 10 minutes from the Sumoto interchange on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway. Dedicated to the same goddess as Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima island of Aki (Hiroshima)-Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto. During the period when the syncretism of Buddhism and Shintoism flourished in Japan, this goddess was seen as another aspect of Benzaiten, and as such the shrine is also known as the ""Awaji Island Benzaiten."" Known to locals as ""Benten-san,"" during the shrine's fall festival, called the Benzaiten Festival, festival stalls open up all along the surrounding streets, and the area bustles with visitors. The ""Goshinko"" deity transference ceremony conducted on the final day of the festival is considered one of Japan's top ""unusual"" festival rituals."

干支の巨大絵馬がありました。例大祭の時期で屋台がたくさん参道に出ていました。ここにきて何で商店街にタヌキ像があるのかわかりました。
Kobe Fashion Museum

4.0

37 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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...
Ayabeyama Plum Grove Park

4.0

24 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Tatsunoshi Mitsuchoukurosaki 1492

A grove of plum trees located on the southern tip of Nishiharima a 30-minute drive from the Tatsuno-nishi interchange. Visitors can view numerous kofun burial mounds and other historic sites on the grounds. The best time to enjoy the park's plum blossoms is from late February to early March, and throughout this time period events such as haiku tournaments and landscape photography contests are held. Events are also often held here on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, including trained monkey shows, live koto performances, and plum seed spitting contests. Additional highlights include stone monuments inscribed with haiku written by famous visitors inspired by the sight of Mt. Ayabe plum grove, and a seasonal farm fresh shop which sells fresh-picked unripe plums for cooking.

2月下旬に訪問。登り口には五分咲きの案内。登り口側の駐車場だと無料。頂上近くにの駐車場までいくと1日500円。体力のある人は登り口で駐車した方が少しお得です。観梅料は一人400円。五分咲きといえども価値はありました。播磨灘をバックに綺麗な梅の写真がたくさん撮れました。しかし、せっかくの中国風の建物のメンテナンスがされておらず、廃れてる感が残念。
Koshikiiwa-jinja Shrine

4.5

30 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Nishinomiyashi Koshikiwachou 5-4

"This Shinto shrine is in a grove that's a Natural Monument. It's about a 15-minute walk from Koyoen Station on the Hankyu Koyo Line in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Rebuilt in the 1640s, it honors the deity Hiruko Okami, also known as ""Ebessan."" It has historic spots of interest like a haiku monument to the Muromachi period poet Yamazaki Sokan and leftover stones from Osaka Castle. They hold a Nakizumo Crying Baby and Sumo Festival every autumn, a traditional event where babies wearing ornamental sumo aprons are brought into the ring. The event has even been recorded in ema votive pictures dating from 1831."

This is bigger than the average neighborhood shrine. It has the sacred rock at its core but it also has a sumo dohyo. They have an event where sumo wrestlers will wrestle with the neighborhood...
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Tarumi-ku Higashimaikochou - Hyogo Prefecture Awaji Iwaya

Spanning the Akashi Kaikyo Straits and connecting Kobe City to Awajishima Island, this is the world’s longest suspension bridge with a total length of 3,911 meters. Construction started in 1988 and it was completed 10 years later in 1998. The main pillars of the bridge reach a height of approximately 300 meters from the surface of the water below, and at night the suspension cables are illuminated in a variety of colors. There is also a tour available called Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi Bridge World that allows visitors to pass through the inspection passageways in the main towers, which are normally off limits, while listening to information about the bridge’s technology and history (reservation required).
Roadside Station Tojo

3.5

17 Reviews

Transportation

Hyougo Pref. Katoushi Minamiyama 1-5-3

A roadside station adjoining the Hyogo-Tojo interchange on the Chugoku Expressway. The station serves as a gathering space and local information center as well as a base for community activities in the eastern Harima area. The Yumemachibito shop sells local specialty products; the soft serve ice cream, made with milk from a farm in the northern Harima area, is particularly popular. There's also a farmer's market hall which carries fresh vegetables, flowers, rice, and foods from producers in Kato City; a tourist information corner; and a 24-hour electric vehicle rapid charging station.

日本酒、山芋、メダカ、釣り針、これらが店内で揃うのも地域特産品を置いている道の駅らしいです。公式サイトでは出店している屋台のスケジュールも書いているので特に包丁研ぎを頼む際は参考になると思います。
Roadside Station Amarube

4.0

28 Reviews

Transportation

Hyougo Pref. Mikatagunkamichou Kasumi-ku Amarube 1723-4

This roadside station is located on National Route 178 in Amarube, Kasumi Ward, Kami Town, Mikata County. It's next to Sora no Eki (Sky Station), the observation facility that utilizes Amarube Viaduct Railway Bridge. It features shops selling local farm products and seafood and has an exhibition on the Amarube Viaduct Railway Bridge. Its restaurant offers set meals, rice bowl dishes, and noodles featuring seasonal seafood including their Sora no Eki Meal Set and Amarube Tekkyo Gozen tray.

余部橋梁の真下あたりにある道の駅。余部橋梁を見学する際に利用させていただきました。お土産、レストランなど道の駅の施設以外に、鉄道関係の展示館もあります。
Onsenji Temple

4.0

78 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Toyokashi Kinosakichouyushima 985-2

"This temple is located in the area right after getting off at Onsenji Chukan Station on the Kinosaki Ropeway. It is said that the priest Dochi, who opened Kinosaki Onsen with a prayer opened the temple. Emperor Shomu called the temple ""Kinosaki Onsen no Shugoji (guardian temple of Kinosaki Onsen)"", and it has protected Kinosaki Onsen and its bathers for approximately 1,300 years. The Standing Eleven-headed Kannon statue that Dochi received when it was opened is the principal Buddhist image of the temple and a nationally-designated Important Cultural Property. Normally it is shown every 33 years, it is displayed to the public at the event called Kaisanki, where prayers are said every April 24 so that the hot springs continue to spring up."

Typical old Japanese temple. Good place to get away from the crowds of the hot springs resort town area.
Daijoji Temple

4.5

66 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Mikatagunkamichou Kasumi-ku Mori 860

Daijoji is a temple located in Mori, Kasumi Ward, Kami Town, Mikata County. Also known as Okyo-dera, it was founded by the priest Gyogi in 745. The temple houses 165 screen paintings created by the mid-Edo period (1603-1868) artist Maruyama Okyo and his pupils that have been designated a National Important Cultural Property. According to the recent research, their arrangement forms a three-dimensional mandala.

Very beautiful ancient buddhist temple at hyogo prefecture.the temple has a 1200 years history. The pictures and artwork in the temple is really very beautiful.If you want to feel the ancient japan...
Tada Shrine

4.0

48 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Kawanishishi Tadaintadadokorochou 1-1

This historic Shinto shrine founded in 970 has ties to Seiwa-Genji. One of the Three Genji Shrines, it honors Minamoto no Mitsunaka and has been designated a National Historic Site because of its pedigree. The shrine's treasure house holds the Minamoto Clan's Onikiri-maru sword, as well as armor and ancient documents. The grounds also feature rare camellia varieties like Camellia reticulata and Camellia japonica that are a sight to behold when in bloom. Visitors pack in for April's Genji Festival featuring a parade of samurai and other historical figures connected to the Genji clan in period dress, such as Tomoe Gozen and Shizuka Gozen. You can reach the shrine by walking west from Tada Station on the Nose Electric Railway's Myoken Line for about 15 minutes.

静かで雰囲気のある神社です。御祈祷が有名のようです。参拝の方は結構いますが、なぜかとても静かでした。
Asahi Soft Drinks Akashi Factory

4.5

12 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Akashishi Futamichou Minamifutami 1-33

A beverage factory located in Minamifutami Futami-cho, Akashi City. There are five production lines on the factory's vast grounds and each year some 50 million cases of products like Mitsuya Cider and Asahi Jurokucha are produced here. The factory offers free tours, and tour goers can see the canned and PET bottle product production process; sample Asahi drinks; and check out the Mitsuya Cider Museum, which also has a gift shop.

クリスマスの時期に行きました。丁寧なガイドと試飲もあり、楽しめました。試飲は新作ペットボトル4本で飲めない分は持って帰れました。
Hiromine-jinja Shrine

4.0

46 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Himejishi Hiromineyama 52

This Shinto shrine at Mt. Hiromineyama in Himeji City was founded in 734 by Kibi no Makibi. It honors Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who is said to provide boons related to agriculture, production, auspicious dates, and marriage. It's also considered the main shrine of the deity Gozu Tenno. The main hall and hall of worship have been designated as National Important Cultural Properties. The shine's also known for its deep affiliation with the feudal lord Kuroda Kanbei.

ご祭神は素戔嗚尊、五十猛命で、旧県社です。牛頭天王の総本山として知られています。ここから福原の祇園神社を経て八坂神社まで分祀したとのことです。山の上にあるが、公共のバスも来ていないので、ほぼ車でしか訪れることはできません。大河ドラマの影響で一時は黒田官兵衛目当て多くの人が訪れたそうですが今はその面影は境内の真新しい官兵衛神社ぐらいでした。とはいえ日曜日のお昼過ぎでも絶え間なく参拝の方が訪れていまし...
Sunflower Hill Park

4.0

24 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Onoshi Kiyotanichou 1545-321

"This huge, eight-hectare park is visited by approximately 700 thousand people annually. In summer, a veritable carpet of 380 thousand sunflowers blooms in front of the park and, in fall, 3.8 million cosmos. A granite ""Sunflower Tower"" landmark stands in the park. Other facilities include seasonal flower beds, a huge playground, a water fountain for children to play in, and an expansive natural grass lawn, making this park a place where everyone from families with children to elderly married couples can have fun. In addition, there's the Sun Patio Ono farmers' market, which sells local produce; and the Osuto local specialty products hall. Here you can enjoy a relaxing and fun time while surrounded by flowers and greenery."

国道175号線の近くにある公園。『公園』と名乗っていながらも結構な大きさ（約80,000m²）を持っており、入り口や出口を見失うことがあった。しかし、それを除けば文句なし。ひまわりの丘公園は、北播磨で最大の観光スポットではないかと勝手に自分で思っている。四季折々に見せる花の景色が最高で、SNSで映えること間違いなし。写真を撮るのに熱中したのはこの『ひまわりの丘公園』が初めてだと思う。
Kobe Bunka Hall

3.5

17 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kusunokichou 4-2-2

A community hall located close to Okurayama Park a one-minute walk from Kobe Municipal Subway Okurama Station and an eight-minute walk from Kosoku Kobe Station on various private rail lines. The hall is used for a variety of events, including orchestral concerts, movie screenings, and ballet and traditional rakugo comedic storytelling performances. The hall is also used as the venue for the Kobe International Flute Competition held once every four years. In addition, the facility's large and medium halls can be rented out and raffles are held to determine who may rent these between one year and two months in advance. There is a fellowship of the hall club which can be joined by those interested which includes perks such as advance ticket purchasing opportunities.

古いホールですが、後方の席からでも舞台が見やすいです。大ホールに入るには大階段を上がりますが、エスカレーターあるのに何故動かさないのか謎です。高齢の観客が多いコンサートだったので、大変そうでした。
Ibonoito Museum Somen-no-Sato

4.0

40 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Tatsunoshi Kamiokachouokumura 56

A museum located west of the Okumura Haiji temple a 15-minute drive from the Himeji-nishi, Tatsuno, and Fukuda interchanges. Operated by the Hyogo Prefecture Tenobe Somen Cooperative, famous for making Ibonoito Somen noodles, the museum has a demonstration corner where visitors can watch Somen being stretched to three times their length using a pole, a sample corner, and a room from which visitors can watch a factory making noodles beyond a glass window. The museum's shop sells Somen noodles, Hiyamugi cold noodles, and other local products. A restaurant on the first floor serves gozen meals which come with your choice of Zaru somen noodles on a serving basket or Nyumen noodles in broth. The restaurant also offers Somen sushi rolls only available in limited quantities each day. The museum is closed on Mondays.

一階にレストラン、売店 2階に有料の展示室がありました。大人300円。JAFカードで1割引砥峰高原から赤穂に向かう途中、ランチを済ませたあと、足を伸ばして立ち寄りました。 2階の展示室を見学して、揖保乃糸は組合という事を初めて知りました。歴史や作業工程、ランクの違いなどがよく分かります。薬味は柚子胡椒なども合うそうなのでやってみようと思いました。「三神」を作れる人はごく僅か。細さや熟成の...
Itami City Museum of Insects

4.0

39 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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...

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.