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The rainy-day Kobe

Wet weather — arcades, Chinatown and a griddle. Timed from the gangway and back.

4 hr door to door5 stopsA wet day
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Photo: Laitr Keiows / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
4 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — arcades, Chinatown and a griddle
Room to spare
None
Fits a 6-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
¥420
Return on the Port Liner from Port Terminal, nothing from Naka Pier. Kobe-beef lunch at Steakland from ¥3,500.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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 hereFull 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
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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: Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
Stacked sake barrels at a Japanese shrine, Kobe
Stacked sake barrels at a Japanese shrinePhoto: Oilstreet / CC BY 2.5
The vermilion torii tunnels of Fushimi Inari, Kobe
The vermilion torii tunnels of Fushimi InariPhoto: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
Kitano, Kobe
KitanoPhoto: KishujiRapid / CC BY-SA 4.0
Port Tower & the waterfront, Kobe
Port Tower & the waterfrontPhoto: Wei-Te Wong / CC BY-SA 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Kobe

Pier & lanternsNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hOn foot from either pier — the icon, the buns, the old banksHillside & beefNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hThe Kobe double: Meiji mansions, then the famous lunchKyoto, done rightNeeds an 11.5-hour call · ~9.5hA 12-hour call or an overnight — Fushimi Inari and Kiyomizu-dera by train
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