# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Keino Matsubara Beach](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/keino-matsubara-beach): Hyogo, Beach. West-facing beach with 50,000 black pine trees and Seto Inland Sea sunsets. Swimming July to late August.
- [Awaji Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/awaji-island): Hyogo, Attraction. The largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, connected to Kobe by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, known for onion farms, Naruto whirlpools, and Tadao Ando architecture.
- [Kitano Ijinkan](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kitano-ijinkan): Hyogo, Historic site. Hillside district of beautifully preserved Western-style foreign residences from the Meiji era, built by European and American merchants.
- [Mount Rokko](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-rokko): Hyogo, Attraction. Kobe's main mountain, 931m high. Famous for its night view of the city and Osaka Bay, which locals call a 10-million-dollar view. Cable car access, year-round events.
- [Himeji Central Park](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/himeji-central-park): Hyogo, Attraction. A large entertainment complex combining a drive-through safari park with African wildlife and an amusement park with roller coasters and seasonal pools.
- [Himeji Monorail Memorial](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/himeji-monorail-memorial): Hyogo, Landmark. Preserved cars from the Himeji Monorail (1966-1974), a futuristic transit system that operated for only 8 years, now displayed at the former Tegara Station site.
- [Ama Beach](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ama-beach): Hyogo, Beach. A roughly 600-meter white-sand beach at the southern tip of Awaji Island, known for AA-grade clear water, a south-seas atmosphere with palm groves and mural art, and night-time sea-fireflies. Swimming season typically runs early July to late August.
- [Engyo-ji Temple](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/engyo-ji-temple): Hyogo, Temple. A sprawling 1000-year-old temple complex atop Mount Shosha, famous as a filming location for 'The Last Samurai' and accessible by scenic ropeway.
- [Kobe](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kobe): Hyogo, City. A cosmopolitan port city celebrated for Kobe beef, mountain-harbor scenery, and multicultural heritage.
- [Izanagi Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/izanagi-shrine): Hyogo, Shrine. Considered Japan's oldest shrine, dedicated to the creator deities Izanagi and Izanami who, according to Kojiki mythology, gave birth to the Japanese islands starting with Awaji.
- [Kobe Earthquake Memorial Museum (DRI)](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kobe-earthquake-memorial-museum-dri): Hyogo, Museum. Powerful interactive museum documenting the devastating 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake with a realistic disaster theater and disaster prevention exhibits.
- [Kobe Harborland](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kobe-harborland): Hyogo, Shopping. A redeveloped waterfront district on Kobe Port with the Umie shopping mall, the Mosaic complex, and a harbor-side ferris wheel.
- [Michi-no-Eki Awaji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-awaji): Hyogo, Michi no eki. The roadside station closest to the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, on the north tip of Awaji Island, with bridge-view terrace seats, raw-whitebait rice bowls in season and an island-produce market. The onion soft serve people associate with Awaji is not sold here; in recent years it has only appeared as an occasional seasonal item, mainly on the island's south side.
- [Awaji Yumebutai](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/awaji-yumebutai): Hyogo, Garden. An architectural complex on Awaji Island designed by Tadao Ando, with the terraced Hyakudanen garden and a large greenhouse.
- [Mount Maya Kikuseidai](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-maya-kikuseidai): Hyogo, Mountain. An observation plaza near the summit of Mount Maya, reached by cable car and ropeway, known for its night view over Kobe and Osaka.

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Last updated: 2026-11-12