Kobe
Kōbe (神戸) is a historic port city in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan. Together with Kyoto and Osaka, it makes up the three-city agglomeration of Keihanshin (京阪神), Japan's largest after greater Tokyo. Wikivoyage
Population 1,521,707 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
KOBEとんぼ玉ミュージアム Museum · 230 m -
Kobe Doll Museum Museum · 460 m -
Nankinmachi Attraction · 720 m -
Kobe Lamp Museum Museum · 240 m -
Kobe City Museum Museum · 390 m -
Kobe Overseas Chinese History Museum Museum · 890 m - 戦没した船と海員の資料館 Museum · 940 m
- 梅 Memorial · 140 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kobe); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
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Getting around
- Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae 200 m
- Boeki Center 360 m
- Kobe Sannomiya 410 m
- Kobe-Sannomiya 430 m
- Kyukyoryuchi-Daimarumae 460 m
- Sannomiya Bus Terminal 490 m
More train stations: Motomachi 770 m, Hanakuma 1.4 km, Kasuganomichi 1.5 km, Nishi Motomachi 1.6 km, Shin-Kobe 1.8 km, Kobe 2.0 km, Kōsoku Kōbe 2.1 km, Nada 2.6 km, Iwaya 2.6 km, Shinkaichi 2.8 km, Minatogawa 2.9 km, Ojikoen 3.1 km, Nishinada 3.2 km, Maya 3.4 km, Daikai 3.6 km, Hyōgo 3.8 km, Oishi 3.8 km, Maya Cable 3.8 km, Wadamisaki 4.1 km, Nagata 4.3 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.