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Best Vista & View in Kobe & Hyogo

7 places, each checked by our team.

• Akashi Municipal Planetarium Observation Room 明石市立天文科学館 展望室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 bridge and…
• Kobe Airport Observation Deck 神戸空港 展望デッキKobe Airport — Free rooftop deck on Kobe Airport's terminal with close-up runway views and night views of Kobe, Rokko and Osaka Bay.
• Kobe City Hall 24F Observation Lobby 神戸市役所1号館24階展望ロビー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 Port Tower 神戸ポートタワー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 city.
• Maiko Marine Promenade 舞子海上プロムナード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 strait.
• Rokko Garden Terrace 六甲ガーデンテラス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.
• Rokko Shidare Observatory 自然体感展望台 六甲枝垂れ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.