6 Day Trip to Akashi

Imagine a romantic walk with your significant other under the canopy of cherry blossom! You can m...

Lined by the mesmerizing cherry blossom trees, Sumaura Park is a must stop. This beautiful park i...

In 1868, when Japan started letting in foreign tourists and visitors, this area was the wharf whe...

Completed in 1963, this hyperboloid tower is a classic tourist trap. The tower is 108 meters tall...

Once upon a time this park for famous merely for being thick with foreigners, but after the devas...

Opened in 1943 and built on the donations of the local Islamic community, this is the first mosqu...

In 1860, the city of Kobe opened up to foreign traders, after a treaty signed by Japan and severa...

This is one of the oldest and most historically significant shrines in the country. It was built ...

The importance of this series of waterfalls for Japanese history and Japanese literature cannot b...

Kobe is one of the foremost brewing centers for the Japanese alcoholic drink Sake. And the Hakuts...

This is part of a series of the attractions of Mount Rokko. Technically this is not a cabl...

Though the museum focuses on a wide range of art its primary exhibits are centred on the prefectu...

The layout of this attraction can be mildly confusing to foreigners: the thing to remember is tha...

This museum is a love letter from the founder of the Ueshima Coffee Company to coffee, and is mea...

This hot springs town has been entertaining visitors for over a thousand years. Today it is visit...

The 80000 square metres of the zoo are home to around 850 different animals from 150 different sp...

It would be easy to end up spending an entire day in this commercial complex without realizing wh...

The name of this attraction can be a little misleading. It is not a zoo, but rather a bird and fl...

This 82 hectare park and botanical garden was modeled on the gardens at the Palace of Versailles....

This is another fun tourist trap for the family - an aquarium next to Suma Beach. Opened in 1957,...

The Meiji emperor ordered this shrine to be built in 1872 in commemoration of the Battle of Minat...

Locally this is known as the 'The Weathercock House. It's the only red brick house in the city of...

If you want to experience a clubbing scene that is explicitly and authentically Japanese, and doe...

This beautiful observation hall, on the 24th story of the Kobe City Hall building has two sides. ...

This shrine (built in 1180) and the surrounding park are both quite popular. Sugawara Michizane w...

Kobe's planetarium museum is chock-full of interactive exhibits - balance breakers, a hang glidin...

In many ways the park is entirely ordinary, but it's not hard to appreciate its sole claim to fam...