Best Visiting Spot List

One of Kobe's busiest areas

Foreign Visitors WELCOME! SENTO. This establishment warmly welcomes international tourists.

A zoological garden containing around 640 animals and 110 species from all over the world, displayed in a more free and natural environment.

This is a vast park that was used as the venue for the Olympic Games held in 1964. It has a variety of sports facilities and is popular among people who enjoy walking.

A 300-m-high, one of Japan's highest buildings, Abeno Harukas is a landmark of Oasaka that features a department store, an art museum and a hotel.

A place where you can immerse yourself in nature and play in an atmosphere of undeveloped woodlands.

Indulge in tea while gazing at the garden

Enjoy the Sight of Mountains and Beautiful Fall Foliage Reflected off the Waters of a Lake

Famous since the Edo period (1603–1868) for its god of business prosperity. Site of the largest Tori no Ichi open-air market in Japan.

One of the highest places in western Japan at 265 meters, buzzing with sightseers

The namesake for the area and one of Japan's ”Top 100 Waterfalls”

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

A Tokyo Metropolitan Park facing Tokyo Bay. Divided into five separate zones under the theme of harmony among greenery, water and people.

This temple is one of the Three Mountains of the Kanto region for the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is well-known as a temple to ward off evil. Enjoy the shops in the surrounding streets after attending a Goma Rite (a ceremony in which Goma wood is burned in a fireplace on the Goma platform).

This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.

A garden which received the Award of Garden Excellence at the 17th World Convention of Rose Societies (2015). It is a garden where you can appreciate 10,000 roses of 1,500 varieties.

The Hakone Shrine with its vermillion-lacquered torii (Shinto shrine archway) and its Japanese cedars is a shrine with a holy presence that tells you about history

The Matsuchiyama Shoden Honryu-in Temple close to Senso-ji Temple, is recognized as a ”power spot” by the common people. On this spot they pray for the material benefits in this world. With Y-shaped daikon radishes and kinchaku (Japanese traditional style pouch) people pray for finding a suitable marriage partner and for matrimonial happiness.

Displaying works by master artists

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten