Location List

A north-south street connecting the former Foreign Settlement of Kobe and Kitano-cho (one-way southbound). The sidewalk is lined with stylish boutiques and cafés.

An arcade shopping street located one block south of Sannomiya Center Gai Shopping Street. It is lined with boutiques, variety stores, and other shops.

A shopping district stretching just south of Hankyu Kobe-Sannomiya Station. Since the postwar period, it has been home to many shops selling high-quality fashion fabrics.

Under the approximately 400-meter-long elevated railway connecting JR Sannomiya Station and Motomachi Station, more than 160 shops line the street.

A mixed-use complex housing boutiques, specialty shops, restaurants, a multiplex cinema, and offices. Because its exterior walls are mint green, it is known as the Mint Building. A digital billboar...

Completed in 1969, it was the first high-rise building in western Japan at the time. It sustained no structural damage during the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

A 37-story high-rise hotel located right next to Shin-Kobe Station. The upper floors offer panoramic views of the Kobe cityscape.

Get off at Hankyu Kasugano-michi Station; look for the arch featuring the words “Kasugano-zaka” and a drawing of a catfish, located right at the top of the slope on the north side. Shops line both ...

A shopping district surrounded by three universities and a residential area. It is known for its many cafes, restaurants, boutiques, and gift shops.

Karato Market serves as the “Kitchen of the Kanmon area,” functioning both as a regional wholesale market and a public marketplace where visitors can purchase fresh ingredients at reasonable prices...

Founded in 1869 as a specialty shop producing and selling funa-zushi, the building assumed its present form in 1936. The exterior follows the traditional machiya townhouse style, harmonising with t...

A shopping arcade with a nostalgic atmosphere. The restaurant known for originating ‘Sobameshi’ (a famous noodle and rice dish from Kobe) is located in the arcade. The popular Japanese film ‘Crows ...

The two streets lined up to the south of Hondori Shopping Street, the largest in the Chugoku region, and the surrounding area are known as "Urabukuro," and are home to unique stores and hidden ones...

This is a prestigious private women's university founded in 1947. The campus features a variety of lecture rooms, a large auditorium capable of accommodating large numbers of people, a library, and...

Esteemed traditional Japanese restaurant. On the premises, there is a quaint main shop with beautiful stone pavements and weeping cherry blossoms, a traditional/modern café, an event hall renovate...

Established in 1895, this sake brewery, said to have been built in the late Edo period (1603 – 1868), is open to the public as the Iga Machikado Museum (reservation required). The distinctive exter...

The restaurant next to the Kenji Miyazawa Museum. It was named after the restaurant in Kenji's book "The Restaurant of Many Orders”.

Built in 1974. The climate in Hanamaki City is similar to that of Bordeaux, France. That is one of the reasons why they started growing grapes to make wines.

Shopping area on the northeastern side of Motomachi Station. Many small stylish shops and boutiques line the streets in the area.

A roofed market with shops on very narrow streets and alleys. Asian groceries, statues of ancient Chinese heroes, and other interesting spots are located inside the market.

A shopping center in Harborland with 235 shops and restaurants, as well as a movie theater with 10 screens. The north and south malls have high open ceilings and overhead corridors. The MOSAIC, whi...

A shopping, dining, and amusement district made on the site of what used to be the freight yard ‘Minatogawa Kamotsu Station’ of the Japan National Railways. in 1992. Often compared to Minato Mira...

Red brick warehouse from the early 1890’s that was built for storing cargo that arrived from abroad. Currently used as shops and restaurants.

Second largest Chinatown in Japan. Over 100 shops and restaurants in the area make it a great sightseeing and dining destination in Kobe.