🛏 5 neighborhoodsWhere to Stay in Kobe: Choosing the Right Area
Kansai
Sannomiya・Kitano & Shin-Kobe・Motomachi & Harborland・Port Island・Arima Onsen
Japan · Kansai
Hyogo Travel Guide
Everything for your trip to Hyogo in one place: where to stay, anime pilgrimage, power spots, events & festivals, attractions, cherry blossoms. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.
Where to stay1 Anime pilgrimage3 Power spots1 Events & festivals1 Attractions3 Cherry blossoms2 Autumn leaves2 Onsen2 Travel passes4 Weather & what to wear
Where to stay
🛏️ Where to stay
🛏 5 neighborhoodsAnime pilgrimage
🎬 Anime pilgrimage
🎬 2 placesThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Series
Kansai ・ Kitaguchicho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo (ACTA Nishinomiya East Building)・Kofuen, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
An anime based on a popular light novel series, in which the narrator, a high school boy, gets dragged into a club founded by the eccentric girl Haruhi Suzumiya. Nishinomiya, Hyogo, the author's hometown and the setting of the story, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilitySobei Amako Manga Gallery
Kansai ・ Kaimei-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo (Amagasaki City Kaimei Government Building, 1F)
A gallery introducing the works of Sobei Amako, the Amagasaki-born manga artist behind the original work of the anime Nintama Rantaro. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityThe Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum
Kansai ・ Takarazuka, Hyogo
A museum in Takarazuka, where Osamu Tezuka, the "God of Manga," spent his childhood and youth. The interior is designed around the worlds of Tezuka's works, with a library where you can read them and an "Animation Workshop" where you can try making animation. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
Power spots
⛩️ Power spots
⛩️ ShrineIkuta Shrine
Kansai ・ Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo
💞 Love & relationships
An ancient shrine in the heart of Sannomiya, Kobe, said to be the origin of the name "Kobe." Hyogo Prefecture's official tourism site introduces it as "Kobe's foremost power spot," and many people visit it as a shrine for matchmaking (enmusubi).
Events
🎎 Events & festivals
January–FebruaryKobe Luminarie
Kansai ・ Kobe & Arima Onsen
Usually about 10 days from late January to early February (lit from dusk to around 21:30)
2027 (32nd): Jan 29 – Feb 7
Attractions
🎡 Attractions
AquariumKobe Suma Sea World
Kansai ・ Suma, Kobe
An aquarium with orcas that opened in Suma Beach Park in 2024. Along with orca and dolphin performances, you can enjoy exhibits of all kinds of marine life. It faces the Suma seaside and has an adjoining hotel.
ZooSafari Resort Himeji Central Park
Kansai ・ Himeji, Hyogo
The only safari park in the Kansai region, combining a safari park and an amusement park in one. You can enjoy both a drive-through safari, cruising among big predators in your own car or a safari bus, and a walking safari on foot. Seasonal facilities include a pool in summer and an ice rink in winter.
ZooKobe Animal Kingdom
Kansai ・ Port Island, Kobe
A zoo on Kobe's Port Island where you can interact with flowers and animals. Its exhibits bring you close to the animals, including shoebills, capybaras, and alpacas. It has extensive indoor areas and is easy to reach, about 14 minutes from Sannomiya on the Port Liner.
Cherry blossoms
🌸 Cherry blossoms
RiversideShukugawa Park (Shukugawa Riverside Green Space)
Kansai ・ Nishinomiya, Hyogo
🌸 Typical peak: Late Mar – Early Apr
✦ Night sakura
CastleAutumn leaves
🍁 Autumn leaves
Temple
ParkOnsen
♨️ Onsen
♨ OnsenArima Onsen
Kansai ・ Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo
♨ Day use Adults ¥800 (weekdays ¥650), elementary and junior high school students ¥350, preschoolers free; Kin no Yu and Gin no Yu combined ticket ¥1,200 (as of October 2026)
♨ OnsenKinosaki Onsen
Kansai ・ Toyooka, Hyogo
♨ Day use Adults ¥800, children (age 3 to elementary school) ¥400 (as of October 2026)
Travel passes
🎫 Travel passes
🚄 JRWEST QR Kansai Area Pass
Kansai ・ 1, 2 or 4 consecutive days (from 4:00 on the first day of use to 24:00 on the last day, Japan time)
From ¥2,700
🚄 JRKansai WIDE Area Pass
Kansai ・ 5 consecutive days (from 0:00 on the first day to 24:00 on the last day)
From ¥12,000
🚄 JR
🚄 JRKansai-Hiroshima Area Pass
Kansai ・ 5 consecutive days (from 0:00 on the first day to 24:00 on the last day)
From ¥17,000
Weather
☁️ Hyogo weather & what to wear
Monthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.
Itineraries, intercity routes and travel passes that cover several prefectures are listed under each of them.
