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• Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (明石海峡大橋) — Maiko The 1995 earthquake moved the towers a metre further apart: the span is 1,991 m, not 1,990.
• Arima Onsen Three wounded crows, legend says, revealed its water by healing their sores in a pool.
• Awaji Yumebutai (Hyakudan-en) A hundred terraced flowerbeds on a quarry emptied to build Kansai Airport.
• Engyoji The Last Samurai was filmed here: the hall on the cliff recalls Kyoto's Kiyomizu-dera.
• Hakutsuru Shuzo Museum — Kobe Founded in 1743, it is the largest of the Nada breweries: free admission and tasting.
• Hanshin Kōshien Stadium In 1958 Okinawa could not take the field's soil home: it was under US occupation.
• Higashiyama Shotengai (東山商店街) — Kobe It began as a post-war black market: its fishmongers still sell whale meat today.
• Himeji Castle In 1945 a black camouflage net, hand-woven by the city's residents, hid it from the bombers.
• Hyogo Prefecture Pavilion (兵庫県公館) Bombed on 17 March 1945, it was left with only its walls: a cultural property since 2003.
• Ikuta Shrine In 806 the court assigned 44 families to the shrine: their name gave rise to ‘Kobe’.
• Izanagi Jingu A monument in the garden lines the shrine up with Ise to the east, on the same line as the sun.
• Izushi A portion of soba here is five small plates: anyone who eats fifteen passes for an expert.
• Kawasaki World From 27 March 2026 you can climb aboard CORLEO, the 4-legged robot that came from the Osaka Expo.
• Kikuseidai (Mount Maya) — Kobe Among Japan's three great night views: the name means ‘where the stars gather’.
• Kinosaki Onsen Seven baths along the canal: here, in 1913, Shiga Naoya wrote his most widely read short story.
• Kitano Ijinkan-gai — Kobe Of the nearly 1,000 foreign villas of the past, about thirty remain, almost all of them here.
• Kobe Animal Kingdom In the 16,000 m² greenhouse, birds fly freely above the visitors, without cages.
• Kobe Earthquake Museum (人と防災未来センター) On the 17th of every month, the day of the earthquake, admission is free: on other days it costs 650 yen.
• Kobe Harborland The 50-metre Ferris wheel lights up every evening with 120,000 LED lights over the port.
• Kobe Luminarie (Higashi Yuenchi) 11 months after the ’95 earthquake: 11 days, first edition, 2.54 million visitors.
• Kobe Otogi no Kuni (神戸おとぎの国) Entry is free and you pay only per ride: the Ferris wheel and the roller coaster are 400 yen each.
• Kobe Seiai Church (神戸聖愛教会) The first Baptist church in Kansai (1882): an arson attack destroyed 70% of it in 1958.
• Kokoen Nine distinct gardens, behind the walls of the unearthed old samurai residences.
• McDonald's Route 2 Suma (マクドナルド2号線須磨店) A restaurant in operation on Route 2 in Suma, recognisable by its sign and its outdoor lane.
• Nankinmachi — Kobe Founded in 1868 next to the port: it is one of only three official Chinatowns in Japan.
• Naruto Whirlpool Cruise — Fukura From Fukura port a motor vessel passes within a few metres of whirlpools up to 20 metres across.
• Ninomiya Shotengai and Market (二宮商店街・二宮市場) — Kobe Five shops selling fish, tea and kombu seaweed keep alive the market that opened in 1923.
• Nishinomiya Jinja At 6:00 sharp on 10 January the gate opens: 5,000 people run 230 metres.
• Nunobiki Falls You can see the 43-metre waterfall for free, 15–20 minutes on foot from Shin-Kobe.
• Nunobiki Herb Garden Since 26 April 2026 an octagonal terrace at 400 m has looked out over the port between pools of water.
• Port Island Campus, Kobe Gakuin University (神戸学院大学ポートアイランドキャンパス) It stands on the artificial island of Port Island, in Kobe: it is the only place from the series in Hyōgo.
• Port Liner Sannomiya Station (ポートライナー三宮駅) Terminus of the Kobe Port Liner, elevated above Kumoidōri 8-chōme.
• Shin-Kobe Station (新神戸駅) A station on the Sanyō Shinkansen line, at the foot of Mount Rokkō.
• Takarazuka Tezuka Osamu Museum (宝塚市立手塚治虫記念館) Tezuka lived here from the age of 5 to 24: the entrance hall is the royal palace of his Princess Sapphire.
• Takeda Castle (ruins) In season it opens at 5:00 in the morning: you climb in the dark to see it rise out of the clouds.
• Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum A column of the Tōshōdai-ji temple stands at full scale, over 7 metres tall, without a single nail.
• Uonotana — Akashi Akashiyaki is the origin of takoyaki: one shop hands down the first cook's recipe.
• Yodokō Geihinkan (Yamamura House) Designed in 1918 by Frank Lloyd Wright, it opens only on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

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