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Kobe Private Tour - Rokko Sancho Station
Rokko Sancho Station
Kobe Private Tour - The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
Kobe Private Tour - The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
Kobe Private Tour - The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
Kobe Private Tour - Arims Onsen
Nene zo and Nene Bridge
Arims Onsen Nene zo and Nene Bridge
Kobe Private Tour - Rokko Bus
Rokko Bus
Kobe Private Tour - Rokko Shita Station and Rokko Cable Car
Rokko Shita Station and Rokko Cable Car
Kobe Private Tour - Rokko Sanjyo Station and Rokko Cable Car
Rokko Sanjyo Station and Rokko Cable Car
Kobe Private Tour - Beautiful cherry blossoms on both sides of Arima River
Beautiful cherry blossoms on both sides of Arima River
Kobe Private Tour - Beautiful cherry blossoms on both sides of Arima River
Beautiful cherry blossoms on both sides of Arima River
Kobe Private Tour - Kin-no Yu Spa (Golden Hot Spring)
Kin-no Yu Spa (Golden Hot Spring)
Kobe Private Tour - old town street in Arima Hot Spring
old town street in Arima Hot Spring
Kobe Private Tour - Arima Hotspring Station (Rokko Ropeway)
Arima Hotspring Station (Rokko Ropeway)
Kobe Private Tour - Gin-no Yu Spa (Silvet Hot Spring)
Gin-no Yu Spa (Silvet Hot Spring)

KOBE: Arima Onsen, Rokko Ropeway, and Sake Tasting

Highlights
Kobe Tour Guide - Hideo Y.

Joined 2014

Hideo Y.
4.62 / 5
(192 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks
Kobe
English, Japanese (Native)
8 hours
Private tour (only you and Hideo Y.)
Up to 15 people

You can enjoy the Arima Hot Spring resorts, Mt.Rokko, and Sake Tasting.

Arima onsen is one of the three oldest hot-spring resorts in Japan.

In the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who unified Japan for the first time in 1590.

We take cable car to the Rokko Garden Terrace, where you can command a panoramic view of Kobe.

Then we go to Arima Onsen by opeway. Of course you enjoy having public Onsen, and Hotel onsen you can feel relaxation for about 2,000JPY/person.

Itinerary

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09:00 AM

Meeting Point

at your hotel

10:00 AM

Arima Hot Spring

We walk around Arima hot spring resorts and relax at Onsen.

01:00 PM

Mt.Rokko (Rokko RopewaY)

You can enjoy 10-minute "walking in the sky."

01:30 PM

Rokko Garden Terrace

We can command a panoramic view of Kobe city.

02:30 PM

Rokko Cable Car

we use cable car to the foot of MT Rokko.

03:30 PM

The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum

We know how to make sake in the film and enjoy sake tasting. You can byt Japanese sake.

Ending Point

at your hotel

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide Fee

What‘s not included

Our transportation fee (you and guide) is 3,410yen per person, lunch, (no entrance fee is needed)

Tour Important Information

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Thank you.

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Kobe Tour Guide - Hideo Y.

Joined 2014

Hideo Y.
4.62 / 5
(192 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Hideo Y.

Hello, I'm HIDEo YOSHIda. Please call me HIDEYOSHI, the same name as the famous shogun who built the Osaka Castle in 1585.

I was born in Kobe and worked in Osaka for nearly 40 years. I would like to introduce the Kansai region to you ,including Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and Wakayama.

Kobe is one of the two largest ports in Japan, along with Yokohama. After the opening of the Port of Kobe in 1868, foreigners built their residences on the hillside of the Kitano-cho area, overlooking the ocean. Many of the foreign residences are now open to the public as museums, including the Weathercock House, with it's symbol weathercock on the triangle-shaped roof.

In Meriken Park, the red Port Tower (the city's landmark), creates a beautiful contrast against the white Kobe Marine Museum. The museum's design was inspired by the waves and sailing ships.

When you have a chance to visit Osaka, please join my tour. I'm sure you'll enjoy the interesting and historical, scenic spots. For example, Shin-Sekai is a downtown area with a strange mix of nostalgic atmosphere and contemporary energy. You can try local foods (kushikatsu, sushi, tempura) at a reasonable price. Billiken (a famous statue of the spirit of luck) will be waiting for you!!. Dotombori is a popular street with a lot of flashy signboards. Osaka is widely known as a "Kuidaore-no-machi", or literally "drinking and eating luxuriously to death." Osaka Castle was built by Toyotomi HIDEYOSHI in 1585. Oh, it's my residence, isn't it !

These days "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" area in USJ, or Universal Studios Japan, is also attracting more and more people.

I'll be looking forward to seeing you !!

Reviews

Wonderful experience

Hideo is a wonderful knowledge guide. We had an amazing time touring with Hideo. His van was clean and air conditioned. He waited for us to soak up everything. He knew the perfect picture spots. He would even take our picture for us and we loved what he did. We would definitely recommend Hideo.

Julie R.

Hideo Y.

I'm very happy to receive your excellent review. On a clear day we visited Kochi Castle, Katsurahama, Makino Botanical Garden and Chikurinji Temple. In paricular we could see beautiful flowers such as Japanese iris, royal water lily, and a dragon-fly, a frog almost summer scenery in the garden. Hot and humid climate will continue, so I wish you and all your family good health and happiness.

A Lovely Day with Hideo visiting Kochi.

My family of five had a wonderful day touring via private taxi with Hideo visiting Kochi's top sites during our short window during our port stop from our cruise. You have to pay extra cash for the taxi, but this was still cheaper than the excursions offered via our cruise ship for our family. Hideo was able to tailor our trip ahead of time and was very communicative about some changes that needed to be made due to the garden closure on our day in Kochi. Hideo walked with us in the city pointing out the famous red Harimaya Bridge and came back at the top of the hour to show us the beautiful mechanical clock. He walked with us and gave us excellent history at the Kochi Castle, at the Katsurahama Beach where we viewed the famous samurai Sakamoto Ryoma statue and had an excellent bonito/tuna meal (my girls had steak), and ice cream. Finally we toured the lovely Buddhist temple Chikurinji, temple 31 of the 88 on the island of Shikoku. Hideo was prompt, kind and modified his tour a bit when the very hot and humid weather slowed down the family. Hideo provided a wealth of information and answered all of the questions that we had about Kochi and Japan. I highly recommend using Hideo as a guide. You will be in very caring hands.

Brian S.

Hideo Y.

I'm very glad to receive your excellent review. Thank you for joining my Kochi tour. Kochi castle is one of the 12 castles that are built until 1867 (when Samurial Period finished) and now still exists. We dropped in at Harimayabashi bridge with the lost love story. On the oppisite side, we could see the unique Mechanical clock. We could see the Yosakoi dance and Katsurahama at the clock. We had bonito for lunch. Kochi faces the Pacific Ocean and "one fishing line and a hook bonito" is very popular. Lastly we visited Chikurinji Temple where we could see the beautiful 5-story pagoda and I showed you the Buddhism. I wish you and all your family good health and happiness.

1 day Miyajima Tour

Our group of 9 (2 families - 4 adults, 2 teens, 3 kids) had a great day on Miyajima led by Mr. Hideo. He was able to book the water taxi for us in advance as I was having difficulty doing so online. We met at the Peace Museum after our group saw the museum early 0730-0930 (highly recommend) with the audio tour and accompanied us to the water taxi. We were able to enjoy shrines, the rope suspension, and snacks/shopping, as well as take lots of pictures. He recommended a great low-key restaurant for lunch. Our group had a great low-stress time and would strongly recommend Mr. Hideo as a guide.

Jennifer S.

Hideo Y.

I'm very happy to receive your excellent review. We used a water taxi, or a World Heritage Route from Peace Memorial Park to Miyajima, for about 40 minutes. We could see the Great Vemrilion Gate at both low tide and high tide. When we just arrived at Miyajima, it was low tide, so many tourists walked uder the Great Vermilion Gate, after a while when we leave, we could see as if the gate looked like floating on the sea at hige tide. We took Ropeway to the top of Mt.Misen where we could command a panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea. I'm sure you enjoyed Miyajima tour. I wish you and all your family good health and happiness.

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