Photo: User:663highland
User:Pyzhou
User:KENPEI
User:Laitr Keiows
Composition by User:Kyoww / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Kobe City
Hyogo Prefecture · City
- Designated city
- Prefectural capital
Official websiteHyogo Prefecture page
Kobe City is the prefectural capital, a port city stretching long from east to west between Mt. Rokko and Osaka Bay. The Former Foreign Settlement, the Kitano foreign residences and Nankinmachi (Chinatown) keep the exotic atmosphere of the port's opening, and the city is known for sake from the Nada Gogo breweries, Western-style sweets and bread. Kita Ward has the ancient Arima Onsen hot spring.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
ViewpointKobe Port Towerobservation tower
Hot spring (onsen)Arima Onsenhot springs in Japan
PortPort of KobePort in Japan
LandmarkPort Islandisland in Kobe, Japan
LandmarkRokko Islandartificial island in Japan
Shinto shrineIkuta ShrineShinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeTaisan-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan- Shinto shrineMinatogawa ShrineShinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Historic townscapeKitano-cho and Yamamoto-dori
ChinatownNankin-machiChinatown of Kobe, Japan
Entertainment districtSannomiyaplace name in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
MuseumHyogo Prefectural Museum of Artmuseum in Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Koube Fruit Flower Park Oosawaroadside station in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Ogoroadside station in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this city
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Hyogo Prefecture
- Himeji City
- Amagasaki City
- Akashi City
- Nishinomiya City
- Sumoto City
- Ashiya City, Hyogo
- Itami City
- Aioi City
- Toyooka City, Hyogo
- Kakogawa City
- Ako City
- Nishiwaki City
- Takarazuka City
- Miki City, Hyogo
- Takasago City
- Kawanishi City, Hyogo
- Ono City, Hyogo
- Sanda City
- Kasai City
- Tamba-Sasayama City
- Yabu City
- Tamba City
- Minami-Awaji City
- Asago City
- Awaji City
- Shiso City
- Kato City
- Tatsuno City, Hyogo
- Inagawa Town
- Taka Town
- Inami Town, Hyogo
- Harima Town
- Ichikawa Town, Hyogo
- Fukusaki Town
- Kamikawa Town, Hyogo
- Taishi Town, Hyogo
- Kamigori Town
- Sayo Town
- Kami Town, Hyogo
- Shin'onsen Town
The description was written for this site, picking out representative features.