Kobe port is always busy to receive many guests from abroad and locally.Kobe Port Town and Mozaik represent the symbolic places of the port.You can whole view of port and also can enjoy Kobe sweets and Kobe foods there.

Many western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers in Meiji period.

While you are coming down form the top of mountain to middle station of rope-way(cable car) there is wide range of herb garden where you can find various kinds of herbs locally cultivated or partilally imported.It's quite sure you can be refreshed by flavor of herbs.

Once you come into the street of China Town,you have already left Japan and have already been a chinese citizen.Full course of chinese dishes and light snucks can be found in any restaurants here. Please note you will find many school boys and girls on excursion trip form everywhere in Japan.

Next to China Town we have large scale of shopping street called as Motomachi Shopping Arcade. It is about 1km long where you can get everything you want.

Let's feel both old and new atmosphere of port town,Kobe

Name: Let's feel both old and new atmosphere of port town,Kobe
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8 Hours

up to 5 people

English ( Business )

Private tour (only you and your guide)

Walking / Public Transportation Tour
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I have selected several tourism spots by which you can feel old and new Kobe.Kobe has been developed as a main port of western Japan since Meiji period as same as Yokohama in eastern Japan.You can see various old buildings used in past for foreign representatives or merchants. And in the meantime Kobe developed rapidly as a prefectural capital of Hyogo and as industrial city.

Itinerary

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Our first visiti is Kitano area where there are many western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers in Edo and Meiji period.
Then we visit Kobe Nunoboki herb garden.Using rope way we first climb up to the top of mountain and on the way back to the middle staion there is wide range og herb garden.
Back to the down town Nankin Machi(China town) will welcome you.There are so many Chinese restaurants and souvenir shops decorated ny red and yellow colored Chinese ornaments.
Next door to China town you should visit the largest shopping street in Kobe called as Motomachi shopping arcade.You can get almost everything you want there.
Lastly we approach to Kobe port,the 2nd largest port in trade volume after Yokohama.Kobe port town and Mozaik represent the symbolic points of Kobe.

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Departure & Return

Starting time 09:00 AM ( recommended ) Flexible

Meeting Point At your hotel in Osaka

Ending Point At your hotel in Osaka

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee only

What‘s not included

hotel pick up at Osaka area ￥2000
transportation fee(you and guide) between Osaka and Kobe about￥800/person
one day ticket of Kobe loop bus(you and guide) ￥660/person
lunch and dinner
entrance fee ：Kobe Nunobiki ropeway(cable car) and herb garden ￥1500/person
Weathercock house and Moegi house in Kitano area ￥650/person

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