Interesting places in Kobe:

Harborland Meriken Park		兵庫県立美術館
神戸ルミナリエが開催される通り		Rokkyo station - Hankyu Train Station
東遊園地		Skymark Stadium
Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe		Motomachi JR Station
Daiwa Roynet Hotel Kobe Sannomiya		Hotel Holiday Inn Express Shin-Kobe
Hotel the b kobe		Okurayama-kouen
Kobe Chinatown (Nankin-machi)		Oji koen Park
Sannomiya Shopping center		Nada
mosaic mall		サンテレビジョン (SUN-TV)本社
Nunobiki Herb Garden		Kobe Tower
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation		Japanese: 湊川神社
Ikuta Jinja (Shinto Shrine)		神戸コンベンションコンプレックス
Kazamidori-no-Yakata, Weathercock House, (aka Old Thomas Residence)

Kobe (�, Kobe-shi^?) is a city in Japan located on the island of Honshu. Kobe is Japan's prominent port city and the capital of Hyogo Prefecture. It is in the Kansai region of Japan, in Hyogo Prefecture to the west of Osaka. It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the West, as of 1868. This cosmopolitan port city has a population of 45,500 foreign residents from more than 100 countries.

Kobe's main attraction for the Japanese is its concentration of Western-style houses, some dating back to the days when Kobe was opened for foreign trade in 1868. Europeans who grew up in similar scenery may find them less fascinating.

• Ijinkan (異人館) Kōbe's number-one attraction is the Ijinkan or Barbarian Houses. These are 19th-century residences of Kobe's foreign traders, clustered in the Kitano area.

• Kyu-kyoryuchi (旧居留地), near Motomachi station (Hanshin Line or JR Line). This is where foreign consulates and trading companies built their offices. Several 19th-century buildings have been converted into restaurants and shops. Notable buildings include Chartered Square, once the Chartered Bank branch and the 15th Building (十五番館), once the American consulate. The area is also packed full of high-fashion boutiques like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada and Fendi.

• Meriken Park (メリケンパーク) near the harborfront has a poignant memorial to the devastating Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, which killed 6,433 people. Kobe Tower nearby is the unofficial symbol of the city and offers a viewing pavilion (¥600).

• Fruit Flower Park(フルーツ・フラワーパーク), 35 min by bus from Sannomiya, Open daily is 10 AM to 6 PM (except on　holidays). Phone: 078-954-1000. This park is surrounded by a lot of flowers and greenery. Many people hold their wedding ceremonies here every year. In spring, the park becomes even more beautiful as about 100.00 tulips bloom. The Hotel Fruit Flower is near the park, which is visited by many families.

Kōbe is a well-known center of sake production and many sake breweries are in the Nada (灘) area, and have tours or museums open to the public. You can pick up a map of the sake breweries at the tourist information office in Sannomiya.

• Sawa-no-Tsuru Museum (沢の鶴資料館) . 078-882-7788. Open daily 10 AM to 4 PM, closed Weds. This museum is probably the best of the bunch, with an informative multi-level exhibit partly labeled in English, and a well-stocked gift shop. Free entry, but no free sake.

• Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum , 078-822-8907. Open daily 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM, closed Mon. This museum is located inside a former brewery, and features traditional tools, dioramas and English-language videos to explain the sake-making processes. At the end, you can sample some sake, which is non-pasteurized, presumably because it doesn't have to travel far from the factory. Write your name on a piece of paper provided by the guard and return that at the end. Free entry, free sake.

• Hamafukutsuru-Ginjo Brewery and Shop Open daily 10 AM to 5 PM, closed Mon. 078-411-0492. Reportedly, Hamafukutsuru offers factory tours, rather than just a museum.

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