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The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Kobe, Kinki
Famous for its luscious beef and crisp, pure sake, the Japanese port of Kobe is a thriving metropolitan city with an international feel. The sake-brewing season runs from October through April, and that's the best time to take a tour of a kura (the Japanese word for brewery). Visit the Hakutsure Sake Brewery Museum year-round. Naturally, the nightlife here is prime perfection.
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1. Kobe Movie Shiryoshitsu
2. Hakutsuru Museum
3. Kawasaki Good Times World
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 353 reviews
Reviewed By allanl912
A really good little museum. As Kawasaki is one of the most important Japanese companies that existed through the Meiji restoration, WW2, and up to the modern era....this museum is also a history of modern Japan itself. It's also very important to the port of Kobe where Kawasaki is a large company. There is plenty to fascinate history buffs, those interested in engineering, and of course there are the motorbikes which are just cool by themselves :)
4. Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 149 reviews
Reviewed By passthemayo - Kericho, Kenya
Its amazing to think that all this detailed woodwork was done by hand! This museum, while small, is a great revelation into the skill and traditions in Japan. Its also a quiet pleasant way to spend a few hours and close to a train station. I highly recommend a visit if you are in Kobe.
5. The Japanese Museum of Anesthesiology
6. Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 276 reviews
At HAKUTSURU SAKE Brewing Co., Ltd., we have opened our old sake brewhouse in its original form to the public as the Sake Brewery Museum. Our hope in doing so is to give visitors a feel of the tradition of sake making that has been carried down through the ages and to broadly and deeply convey the "heart of Japan" to the sake making world.
Reviewed By SmurfFat - Singapore, Singapore
Very informative exhibits you may press the button and select English language. We enjoy the free museum and free sake sampling.
7. Kiku-Masamune Shuzo Kinenkan
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 94 reviews
8. UCC Coffee Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 241 reviews
UCC is the largest coffee manufacturing company in Japan. The museum showcases information that demonstrates wonderful life produced by coffee. You will find information on the history,cultivation and culture of coffee, as well as how to make and enjoy coffee. You can connect your smartphone to the Free WiFi and can access to the Exhibit Audio Guide which is vailable in English, Chinese and Korean. We also have some exciting coffee experiences for you, for example, on our Tasting Time, you can taste two small cups of different coffees for free. After you finish learning through all exhibit rooms, please challenge our very difficult Coffee Quiz on computer! If you would like to find more information about this museum, please visit our official web site. We hope you enjoy your stay.
9. Arima Toy Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 46 reviews
Reviewed By shelleyw172 - Brisbane, Australia
Our Japanese friends took us to this toy museum today when it was pouring with rain on a Sunday Osaka. Fabulous crafty shopping street for adults and a beautiful beautiful toy museum with a whole floor of blocks and toys for children to play with couldn’t ask for a better Japanese children’s experience. Would suit children 4-12. But lovely displays for adults to look at also.
10. Rokko International Musical Box Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 73 reviews
This museum houses many rare automatic musical instruments such as musical boxes familiar in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A concert is held every half hour using the instruments, giving visitors a chance to hear a special performance. Musical Box Assembly Experience the important process of deciding on the sound of a musical box. Choose a favorite song from Japanese pop or songs of the world and take the musical box home as a souvenir of your travels. Prices: From 1,600 yen Kobe Musical Box An original musical box made at the museum. A perfect gift from Kobe. Choose the song it will play from among 250 in the catalog. Prices: From 2,160 yen Strauss Café This café plays musical box music. Enjoy lunch or afternoon tea with a view of nature on Mt. Rokko. Hours: 11:00 to 16:30 (last order 16:00)
