Best places: Historical landmarks in Kobe, Japan

Shinto shrine rebuilt after war damage in 1957, with a main hall, ceiling art & golden lion statues.

Spacious park featuring multiple flower gardens, plus water features, a cafe, a playground & more.

👍 "Monuments of Memorial and Reconstruction" are to remember the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and convey the progress of reconstruction to future generations. It was established on January 16, 2000, for the purpose of memorializing the victims, encouraging citizens, and appealing the significance o...

Restored burial site thought to hold tombs of a 4th-century clan, with city views from its flat top.

This brick, neo-Baroque mansion built in 1904 was designed by the German architect Georg de Lalande.

Historical, Western-style homes built by foreign merchants & diplomats dot this scenic hill.

👍 I visited the shrine around 11:00 on New Year's Day. Temporary parking is well prepared and there are no parking jams, making it extremely smooth. It's a reasonable distance from the approach to the main hall, about 5 minutes for adults to walk. There are about 10 food stalls. I had to wait in line...

Built in 1903 by a U.S. consul general, this 2-story mansion features Western architecture.

👍 ハーバーランドの突端にある灯台で周辺にはベンチもある憩いの場となっています。 …あれっ？近くに寄ってみると何と、灯台ではなく信号所でした。 休日の9：30頃に訪れたのですが、人もまばらでのんびり散歩ができます。 それにしても、ここから眺める神戸港は景色が良くて気持ちが良いですね。

👍👍 A river tunnel in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, which penetrates Shimoyama. Excavated to prevent flooding, but after the Shinyodogawa tunnel was completed in 2000, the entrance and the interior of the old tunnel were preserved as a modernization heritage, which is open on the third Saturday of every...

👍 This building is a former American consulate and is designated as a national important cultural property. The Western-style buildings give you the feel of a Kobe settlement. Works from the 29th Kobe Luminarie 2024 were exhibited as a comeback event after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. At the fo...

👍👍 天井の高い立派なお屋敷でした！ここは無料入場可能なのでついでに入っておきましょう。トイレが開放されているのがありがたいです。

👍 舞子公園を散歩中、円形のバルコニーとスレート瓦の屋根が美しい洋館に出会い訪問しました。入館料は100円です。旧武藤治邸は1907年に鐘紡の社長の武藤治が舞子に建てた木造2階建の洋館です。各部屋や廊下には大きな絵画があり、ステンドグラス、暖炉、家具などは当時の物が残り明治の住宅様式や生活様式を伺い知れます。平...

👍 It's around the area where I got off the Tenjin overpass. Since I was little, I thought it was the Suma Red Lighthouse, but when I read the explanation, I found out it was the Wadamisaki Lighthouse. It really stands quietly, and it was a rediscovery of my hometown.

👍👍 ■Kobe Naval Training Center Site Monument #20210113 #20210207 There is a monument next to 2.After the earthquake, it was relocated and things calmed down. The stone pillar-shaped monument says it was erected in Kobe City in February 1954. The anchor-shaped and book-opening-shaped monuments are said...

👍 Kiyomorizuka is a 13-story stone pagoda, and is said to be the tomb of Tsunemasa, the eldest son of Taira no Kiyomori's younger brother Tsunemori and a master biwa player. Tsunemasa, a master biwa player, had a younger brother, Atsumori, a master flute player, so I guess the family was specialized i...

House museum in the former Dutch Consul General's residence, with antique decor & perfume workshops.

😐 ■Ichinotani Battle Hama Monument A stone monument about 2m high that stands on the east side of Sumaura Park. Erected by Kobe City Tourism Division in March 1938. Monument of a historic battlefield. The Battle of Ichinotani was a battle that took place in Fukuhara and Suma, Settsu Province on Febru...

😐 Kojiro Matsukata, the first president of Kawasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, a step forward for Kawasaki Heavy Industries, introduced the 8-hour workday for the first time in Japan at a time when 10-hour workdays were the norm. Is it really necessary to claim the same 8-hour workday in a work envir...

🫤 古代より大輪田泊として栄えた兵庫港近くに天正年間に池田恒興が城を築いたことに始まります。周辺を含めのちに太閤蔵入地となり片桐且元が代官として入城し、呼称も兵庫城から片桐陣屋と称したとされます。なお朝鮮使節が来朝の際は頻繁に利用したとされます。 近世では尼崎藩の兵庫津奉行所として陣屋がおかれ、18世紀に...