Location List

TV Drama 'Kounodori' 2nd series Episode8, Dr. Shinomiya's hometown

the traditional bamboo fences to save the houses from sunbeam in summer and northwind in winter

Located just off Peace Boulevard (Heiwa Odori), in downtown Hiroshima. This is a designer's apartment with a spacious 1K size.

A guesthouse that opened in July, 2017. Originally a beloved hospital in the neighborhood, the building was renovated with a nostalgic and cozy atmosphere, while beds and shower rooms were newly in...

Originally built as the official residence for the U.S. consulate, the house was known as the ‘White House’ from its white color. It was renovated and opened as an art museum after the Great Hanshi...

Kitano-cho is a district where many foreign merchants and diplomats settled after the Port of Kobe was opened to foreign trade in the second half of the 19th century. Many former western residences...

Constructed as the residence of German trader, G. Thomas, in 1909. The house is famous for the weathercock ornament and became popular as the site of a TV drama. Designated as an important cultural...

A colonial style residence built in 1903. The house was the residence of Hunter Sharp, the American Consul-General of Kobe at the time. Moegi is the Japanese name for the green color of the house. ...

A Japanese residence built in the Sukiyazukuri architecture style. It was registered as a national tangible cultural property of Japan in 2001, as the house including its gardens has almost comple...

A Designated Important Cultural Property of Hyogo Prefecture. The house was built in 1919 as a residence for a trading company owner. The house now operates as a house wedding hall and a restaurant...

An old Japanese house with several Japanese style rooms with a touch of western taste. Currently being used by artists who have also renovated the house for the community.

Honjin refers to an officially approved large inn along the main road for the use of daimyos and aristocrats during the Edo period. The great Shoya (village headman) Murakami residence, once appoin...

Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan, the Former Hunter House is one of the largest existing Ijinkans (former residences of western settlers) in Kobe. Beautifully decorated with a m...

An authentic Japanese-style residence with a tea ceremony room and a Japanese garden.

A large Japanese residence that was once the home of Ginjiro Katsuta, the Mayor of Kobe City from 1933 to 1941. It is now a part of Tenrikyo (a religion) facilities located on a vast land overlooki...

Originally built as a home for Sukesaburo Hirose, the founder of Nippon Life Insurance Company. The house and its garden have been used as a wedding hall and a restaurant since 1995. Although it ha...

A residential area with several steep hills overlooking the ocean.

Was built around 1945 as a private residence for Shinji Inui. The entire mansion, including its buildings, gate, and fence, is a designated cultural property of Kobe City, and most of the garden is...

The home of renowned author, Junichiro Tanizaki, from 1936 to 1943. Tanizaki lived here and wrote the famous novel Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters), which takes place here. The characters in the no...

A William Merrell Vories architecture built as a seaside villa for Gengo Kodera, the President of Japan Cotton Spinning Co. Ltd. (Dai Nippon Boseki Co., Ltd.) , in the early Showa Period (1930’s to...

This building was constructed in 1869 by Miura Takatsugu, the 10th and final lord of Katsuyama Castle. In front of the gate is a huge beech tree rumored to be more than 400 years old. Because of th...

発表会会場、稽古場、展示会会場等に利用。

Facing Chizu’s main thoroughfare, in the Edo period the Ishitani Residence was the largest building in the Tottori feudal domain’s largest post-station town, which later became Chizu. Laid out to e...

【Hida/landscape】 It's a local shopping street, still remain atmosphere of Syowa era(1926-1989）.