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Mt. Rokko / Arima

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Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum

4.0

97 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Uozakinishimachi 1-9-1

"You can reach this museum by getting off at the JR Rokko Liner's Minami-Uozaki Station, taking the elevator to the first floor, and walking two minutes northwest. The museum displays an array of small sake related items, as well as the ""Nada-based Sake Brewery's Equipment,"" a nationally designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property. The original building collapsed in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and the current structure incorporates some of its beams and pillars. Interacting with the equipment will give you a feel for the traditional Kimoto method for brewing sake, as well as the work and life of the brewers. They have tastings that include raw, unprocessed sake as well. Their original Sakagura Soft Serve Ice Cream is a hit."

We just spent a wonderful morning at the brewery. An informative video, small exhibition and tasting. Rather than walking to another brewery, we decided to take the tour of factory where they make...
Rokko-Arima Ropeway

4.0

80 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Rokkousanchou Kitarokkou 4512-336

This ropeway in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture whisks you between Arima Onsen Station and Rokko Sancho Station in about 12 minutes. In the spring, scenery of fresh green and flowering trees and bushes like mountain cherries, magnolias, and azaleas spreads below you, and in summer you can enjoy the trilling of insects and the night view. The colored leaves across the mountainside are gorgeous in autumn, and in wintertime you can take in the glistening snowscape. There are a variety of tourist facilities right near Rokko Sancho Station, including Rokko Garden Terrace, Field Athletics, and Country House.

A lovely break from the busy city below. The staff were very friendly, the facilities were clean, the exhibitions were quite interesting and the coffee and cake rather nice.
Kobe Shu-Shin-Kan Brewery

4.0

52 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Mikagetsukamachi 1-8-17

"You can reach this brewery in Koby City, Hyogo Prefecture, by taking the Hanshin Electric Railway to Ishiyagawa Station and walking about eight minutes south. They sell their Fukuju brand of Japanese sake with its fruity bouquet, manufactured under the creed of clarity, honesty, and purity. They also offer sake-based brews like plum wine and yuzu citron wine. Their famous Fukuju Junmai Ginjo sake has been served at the banquet for the Nobel Prize award ceremony, earning it the nickname ""Sake of the Nobel Prize."" Warehouse tours come in multiple languages and programs, and include video, warehouse inspections, sake tasting, and more. Their on-site hall and restaurant are available for weddings and concerts."

Self-tour is possible, just need to get the Hanshin Tourist Pass (500yen) for unlimited Hanshin train ride and you will be able to explore all sake breweries around the area. Cheap and convenient...
Yuzuruha Shrine

4.0

63 Reviews

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Mikagegunge 2-9-27

Located about a five-minute walk southeast from the Hankyu Kobe Line's Mikage Station, many visitors come to this Shinto shrine with its symbol of a mythical raven to pray for victory. The shrine has deep ties to Japanese soccer, as Japan's first soccer team hails from Mikage. The shrine shares its raven symbol with the Japan Football Association, and there's even a granite soccer ball statue installed beside the main hall. The figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu has come here to pray before competitions, so it's become a sort of sacred spot for his fans and those who want to cheer him on.

Yuzuruha Shrine is located near Hankyu Mikage station. It is an old shrine, which foundation remount to Heian Period. But recently it attracts the attention of the people, because its name recalls a...
Mt. Rokko

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Rokkousanchou Ichigatani 1-32

Mr. Rokko has a variety of leisure facilities including a golf course, snow park, botanical garden and outdoor obstacle course. The mountain-top’s Rokko Garden Terrace has a fashionable café restaurant and shops selling miscellaneous goods and souvenirs, and there is also the Rokko-Shidare Observatory that looks almost like a single bush. Mt. Rokko is also a famous place to enjoy the night scenery, and looking down from the observatory close to Rokko Sanjo Station is a continuous night view that looks across Kobe’s townscape all the way to Osaka Bay, which has been chosen as a Japanese Night View Heritage spot.
HAKUTSURU Sake Brewery Museum

4.0

6 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Higashinada-ku Sumiyoshiminamimachi 4-5-5

This sake brewery museum is located in Kobe City. The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery which was built in the Taisho period is being used in its original form. Exhibitions on display in the museum include materials related to the brewing of “sake” (Japanese rice wine), tools actually used in the process of sake brewing and an exhibition of dummies that recreate the details of making sake in accordance with old-fashioned manufacturing processes. The process of making refined sake is introduced in a way which is easy to understand from washing the rice, introduction of “koji” (malted rice) to the filling of casks. There is also a free sake tasting corner and a shop.

スタッフの男性の対応が高圧的であまり印象が良くありませんでした。試飲も出来たり館内の雰囲気は良かったです。
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...
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...
Roadside Station Ogo

3.5

13 Reviews

Transportation

Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Kita-ku Ougochou Ougo Hirohogaki 643-1

This roadside station, Kobe City's first, is situated along Prefectural Route 38 a 10-minute drive from the Miki-higashi interchange on the San'yo Expressway and sees 210 thousand visitors annually. The station sells fresh local foods and ingredients as well as Lillium formolongi lilies, tulips, and other flowers. The adjoining soba noodle restaurant serves a wide selection of dishes featuring juwari soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat flour that was grown and ground locally. The restaurant also offers sides made with seasonal ingredients like soba cake and takenoko bamboo shoots. The station is open year-round except for the New Year's holidays; the soba noodle restaurant is also closed on every Wednesday.

道の駅淡河で、ソバをいただきました。セルフサービスで、お値段はお手頃です。天ぷらソバ定食は、ざるそばに天ぷらとおからと炊き込みご飯です。ボリュームたっぷり。お味は、そこそこでした。
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art

4.0

47 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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...
Mt. Rokko

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Rokkousanchou Ichigatani

A mountain famous for its night view and which has also been selected as one of Japan's night view heritages. The “10 million dollar nightscape” visitors can enjoy from the observatory at the top of the mountain in the evening is a must-see. The observatory is also artfully lit up at night, further enhancing the magical atmosphere. There are many facilities in the vicinity of the mountain for everyone from children to adults to enjoy, including a botanical garden, athletic park, and golf course; the Rokko Shidare Observatory in Rokko Garden Terrace in particular has become a new famous spot in the area.
Tenjoji Temple

4.0

34 Reviews

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Hyogo Kobe-shi Nada-ku Mayasancho 2-12

"This Buddhist temple is in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. You can reach it by taking a Kobe City bus to Maya Cable Shita, taking the Maya Ropeway to Hoshi-no-Shita Station, and then walking about ten minutes. It's a sacred site on devotional circuits like the Floral Temples of the Kansai Region, the New Saigoku, and the Kobe Jusanbutsu pilgrimages. It was founded in 646 by Hodo Sennin on the orders of Emperor Kotoku. On the precincts you'll find the Tenjikudo Hall that enshrines a marble image brought from India of Maya, the historical Buddha's wife, as well as the Hana Mandala Bell cast with the imprints of 33 kinds of flowers. The principle object of worship is a hibutsu ""hidden image"" that's thought to ward off evil and invite prosperity."

Absolutely fantastic place. Beautiful temple in high mountains without thousands of people. So peaceful and quiet.
Kobe Municipal Rokkosan Pasture

Travel / Tourism

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Rokkousanchou Nakaichiriyama 1-1

A tourism-oriented farm located on Mt. Rokko in Kobe’s Nada Ward designed to resemble an old fashioned European farm situated amidst the Alps. Visitors can interact with sheep, goats, miniature pigs, milk cows, and horses as well as feed them. The farm’s exciting sheep dog show and tethered pony rides are particularly popular with children. Visitors can also watch Kobe cheese being made in the Rokkosan QBB Cheese Museum as well as try making ice cream and butter. Visitors are sure to have a fulfilling and refreshing time at this remarkable farm surrounded by natural beauty.
Roadside Station Kobe Fruit & Flower Park Ozo

Transportation

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Kita-ku Ozouchou Kamiozou 2150

At this roadside station in North Kobe you'll find a spacious middle-ages European style building surrounded by nature along with a flower theme park where you can enjoy the beauty of flowers throughout the different seasons and a shop selling local goods. From Summer to Autumn you can pick fruit from the large orchard and with a play area for children as well as a restaurant, BBQ area, and hot-spring bath house there are options for the whole family to enjoy.
Arima Toy Museum

4.0

46 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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...
Sakura-Masamune Memorial Museum Sakuraen

3.5

35 Reviews

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Hyogo Kobe-shi Higashinada-ku Uozakiminamimachi 4-3-18

A five-minute walk from Uozaki Station on the Hanshin Electric Railway. This museum displays sake brewing equipment, old fashioned signboards, sake bottles, labels, and other items which speak of the history of Sakura Masamune, a sake brewing company founded 300 years ago and whose origins date back 400 years. The museum also shows rare footage of how sake was once made in Japan. The museum is adjoined by a Japanese restaurant, exhibition gallery, and cafe. The Sakura shop sells fresh made sake brewed in a separate building by volume and also carries local specialty and famous products which make perfect gifts and souvenirs.

Good place for sake tasting, before purchase. The exhibition is also very interesting if you have not visit one before.
Mt. Maya

Travel / Tourism

Hyogo Prefecture Kobe City Nada Ward Malaysia

A 702 meter tall mountain located in the center of the Rokko mountains in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. The Mt. Maya Kikuseidai observatory near the top of the mountain offers a panoramic view stretching from Kobe to the Kii Peninsula, and the view from here at night is called the “10 million dollar nightscape.” A cable car and ropeway can be taken from the observatory to the top of the mountain, and access from the city is convenient. The Maya View Terrace 702 facility at Maya Ropeway Hoshinoeki Station has a café and outdoor terrace where you can enjoy Japanese-style grill-your-own barbecue.
Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum

4.5

26 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

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...
Rokko Shidare Observatory

4.0

31 Reviews

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Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Rokkousanchou Gokaiyama 1877-9

This observation deck is located in “Rokko Garden Terrace” in Nada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It boasts a unique design conceived of by architect Hiroshi Sanbuichi. The frames, walls, and floors use Japanese cedar from Yoshino, and the frame interior spreads like foliage, exuding a gentle scent. The observation deck offers a splendid view not only of Kobe City, but also Akashi Strait, Osaka Bay, and Kansai Airport. At night, there is an event in which the entire frame is illuminated by LEDs that can display over 10 million colors, creating an almost otherworldly sight amidst the Kobe night skyline.

Save yourself the ¥500 per person entrance fee. Located just above the highest parking area. Admittedly, there is a great view. However, there are plenty of other places nearby that also have a...
Kikuseidai

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Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Nada-ku Mayasanchou 2-2

An observatory located right next to Hoshi no Eki Station on the Maya Viewline ropeway and cable car connecting the foot and peak of Mt. Maya. Boasting a sweeping view encompassing not just the Kobe area but also stretching all the way to Osaka Bay and the Kii Peninsula, the observatory's scenery is some of the most picturesque in the Kansai region. The nightscape created by the glittering lights of Kobe and Osaka is considered one of the three best in Japan. The sight of the streetlights in the area coming on after sunset is particularly stunning. Visitors should also be sure to check out the magical Maya Kirakira Komichi, a walking path embedded with sparkling, luminescent flakes.

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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.