Wedged between the Rokko Mountains and Osaka Bay, Kobe packs a lot into a small footprint. The waterfront Harborland, Chinatown's bustle, hillside herb gardens, and yes, the beef. A cosmopolitan port city that's been welcoming the world since 1868.
What Kobe is known for
Top-rated in Kobe
Kobe Beef Steak Ishida
4.8restaurant
Known for serving only A5-grade Kobe beef with exceptional omotenashi hospitality.
Tor Road Steak Aoyama
4.8restaurant
Family-run steak restaurant operating since 1963, loved for its warm hospitality and reasonable prices.
Matsuba Kannondō Hall Temple
4.8temple
Matsuba Kannondo Hall was founded in 1777 by a descendant of Kasamatsu Satayo, the seventeenth-century village headman who built the Aragijima Rice Terraces and established.
Monjudō Hall and Shōkū’s Miraculous Encounter
4.5temple
This is believed to be the site of a miraculous encounter between Engyōji’s founding abbot, Shōkū (910–1007), and an incarnation of Monju (Sanskrit: Manjushri), the Bodhisattva of Spiritual Insight.
Nunobiki Herb Garden
4.5garden
Japan's largest herb garden, reached by ropeway over Nunobiki Waterfall and Kobe's skyline.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
4.6landmark
World's longest suspension bridge at nearly four kilometers, linking Kobe with Awaji Island.
Mouriya Honten
4.6restaurant
One of Kobe's oldest steak restaurants, famous for its dry-aged beef and stone-walled interior.
Benkei’s Mirror Pond
4.6landmark
Musashibō Benkei (1155–1189) was a warrior monk who studied at Engyōji in his youth.