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The rainy-day Kobe

Wet weather — arcades, Chinatown and a griddle. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: avlxyz / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~4h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — arcades, Chinatown and a griddle
What it costs
~¥800 pp
Transport spend: ~¥800 pp. Museum entry ~¥750 for two ijinkan.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Walk or Port Liner to Sannomiya

    The station area is largely covered once you arrive

  2. +0:25
    Nankinmachi under the awnings

    Butaman at Roushouki; the queue moves regardless of weather

    What you will see here →Full guide: Nankinmachi →
  3. +1:10
    The old Foreign Settlement's covered galleries

    Bank buildings, boutiques, and shelter between them

  4. +2:00
    Kobe beef lunch, booked

    A teppan counter is the correct answer to rain

  5. +3:20
    Back to the pier
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Kobe, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

The Kobe waterfront lit at night
The Kobe waterfront lit at nightPhoto: Pixabay / Pexels
Kobe beef cooking on a teppan griddle
Kobe beef cooking on a teppan griddlePhoto: Nelo Hotsuma / CC BY
Stacked sake barrels at a Japanese shrine
Stacked sake barrels at a Japanese shrinePhoto: qihao cai / Pexels
The lantern-hung streets of Kobe’s Chinatown
The lantern-hung streets of Kobe’s ChinatownPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 4.0
The vermilion torii tunnels of Fushimi Inari
The vermilion torii tunnels of Fushimi InariPhoto: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
Kitano
KitanoPhoto: Wei-Te Wong from Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China / CC BY-SA 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Kobe

Pier & lanterns2–3 hours · ~2.5hNaka Pier calls — the icon, the buns, the old banksHillside & beef4–6 hours · ~5hThe Kobe double: Meiji mansions, then the famous lunchKyoto, done right8 hours or more · ~10hOvernight calls only — the reason your ship sleeps here
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