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Things to do in Kobe & Hyogo 兵庫

22 places our team picked in Kobe & Hyogo, by category.

• Vista & View 7
• Camera Store 2
• Park 2
• Beach & Waterfront 5
• Movie Theaters 2
• Shows & Entertainment 1
• Live Music & Karaoke 2
• Stay 1

Top sights

• Kobe City Hall 24F Observation LobbyVista & View · Sannomiya — Free 24th-floor lobby (about 100 m) in Kobe City Hall with night views over the port, Port Tower and the Rokko mountains.
• Kobe Airport Observation DeckVista & View · Kobe Airport — Free rooftop deck on Kobe Airport's terminal with close-up runway views and night views of Kobe, Rokko and Osaka Bay.
• Rokko Garden TerraceVista & View · Mt. Rokko — Free mountaintop terrace complex on Mt Rokko with viewing decks and an 11 m lookout tower facing Kobe, Osaka Bay and the Osaka plain.
• Akashi Municipal Planetarium Observation RoomVista & View · Akashi — Observation room on the 13th-14th floors of the Akashi planetarium tower on the 135 E meridian, with views of the Akashi Strait, the…
• Kobe Port TowerVista & View · Meriken Park — Kobe's red lattice port tower (108 m), reopened 2024 with an open-air rooftop deck; paid, timed entry, views of the harbour, Rokko and the…
• Maiko Marine PromenadeVista & View · Maiko / Akashi Strait — Paid 317 m walkway inside the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge girder, 47 m above the sea, with an 8F lounge and glass-floor 'log bridge' over the…
• Rokko Shidare ObservatoryVista & View · Mt. Rokko — Paid hinoki-framed dome observatory at about 880 m on Mt Rokko, the highest observatory on the mountain, viewing Kobe, Osaka Bay and Awaji.