Travel Destinations in Hyogo

Tonomine Highlands

A Vast Silver Sea of Pampas Grass and Famous Film Location

An 800-metre-high plateau in inland Hyogo covered by roughly 90 hectares of silver susuki pampas ...

Meriken Park

Kobe's Main Waterfront Park

Kobe's main waterfront park with the red Kobe Port Tower, BE KOBE monument, and Kobe Maritime Mus...

Nunobiki Herb Gardens

Hilltop Herb Garden with Panoramic Ropeway Views

Hilltop herb and flower garden reached by a scenic ropeway ride from Shin-Kobe Station, offering ...

Himeji Castle

Japan's Most Spectacular Castle

Japan's best preserved feudal castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the White Heron Castl...

Himeji Monorail Memorial

Preserved Cars from Japan's Abandoned Monorail

Preserved cars from the Himeji Monorail (1966-1974), a futuristic transit system that operated fo...

Mount Rokko

Kobe's Main Mountain with Million-Dollar Night Views

Kobe's main mountain, 931m high. Famous for its night view of the city and Osaka Bay, which local...

Awaji Hanasajiki

Hillside Flower Park with Panoramic Sea Views

A vast hillside flower park on northern Awaji Island with seasonal displays of canola, lavender, ...

Kinosaki Onsen

Kinosaki Onsen is a traditional hot spring town where visitors stroll between seven public bathho...

Kitano Ijinkan

Kobe's Historic Western Foreign Residences

Hillside district of beautifully preserved Western-style foreign residences from the Meiji era, b...

Arima Onsen

One of Japan's Oldest and Most Famous Hot Springs

One of Japan's three oldest hot spring towns, renowned for its iron-rich golden waters and radium...

Nada Kuroiwa Suisenkyo

Cliffside Slope of Five Million Wild Narcissus by the Sea

A steep seaside slope on southern Awaji Island carpeted with around five million wild narcissus t...

Kobe Harborland

Waterfront Shopping and Entertainment District on Kobe Port

A redeveloped waterfront district on Kobe Port with the Umie shopping mall, the Mosaic complex, a...

Koko-en Garden

Edo-Style Garden Next to Himeji Castle

A beautifully designed traditional Japanese garden featuring nine separate walled gardens, built ...

Kobe Port Tower

Red Lattice Tower with a Rooftop Deck at Kobe Port

A red steel observation tower on a Kobe Port pier, first opened in 1963 and reopened in 2024 with...

Takeda Castle Ruins

The legendary 'Castle in the Sky', famous for floating above a sea of clouds on autumn mornings.