As part of our project to provide resources for visitors to Kobe, we created this list of museums in Kobe City, Japan.
Kobe Anpanman Children’s Museum & Mall
Kobe Anpanman Children’s Museum & Mall is popular with children and their parents, as it features both a play museum and a shopping mall. While children can enjoy the museum, adults can have fun at the mall, where they can grab some appetizers and shop for character-themed items for their kids.
— Address: 1-6-2 Higashikawasakicho, Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0044
— Admission Fee: 2,000 ～ 2,500 JPY
— Website: https://www.kobe-anpanman.jp/
Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum
Hakutsuru Sake Brewery opened a sake brewing museum in a brewery building constructed in the early Taisho era. The museum displays traditional sake brewing processes and techniques through three-dimensional exhibits.
Address: 4 Chome-5-5 Sumiyoshi Minamimachi, Higashinada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0041,
Admission Fee: Free
Website: https://www.hakutsuru.co.jp/community/shiryo/
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
The museum has collected around 13,000 works since its days as the former Museum of Modern Art.
Address: 1 Chome-1-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥550, University students: ¥400, High school students and younger: Free
Website: https://www.artm.pref.hyogo.jp/
Kobe City Museum
The Kobe City Museum, located along Kyomachi-suji, one of the most vibrant streets in Kobe, opened in the autumn of 1982. The surrounding area was once a foreign settlement and later became the heart of the port city of Kobe, which developed after the Meiji era.
Address: 24 Kyomachi, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0034,
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥300, University students: ¥150, High school students and younger: Free
Website: https://www.kobecitymuseum.jp/
Kobe Maritime Museum
The museum showcases the changing cityscape of Kobe over time, along with the history of its sea, ships, and port, through a combination of materials, models, videos, graphics, and interactive exhibits.
Address: 2-2 Hatobacho, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0042
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥900, Children (elementary, junior high, and high school students):¥400
Website: https://kobe-maritime-museum.com/
Kobe Port Museum (KPM)
Kobe Port Museum is a multi-purpose cultural facility consisting of an aquarium, a food hall, and a bridal desk. The admission fee is for átoa; an aquarium that combines aquatic exhibits with art.
Address: 7-2 Shinkocho, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0041
Admission Fee: Adults (junior high school students and above): 2800, Children (elementary school students): 1600, Infant: Free
Website: https://kobe-port-museum.jp/
Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum
The museum displays the “Nada Sake Brewing Tools” and many other sake-making tools. It attracts about 50,000 visitors annually.
Address: 1-9-1 Uozaki-Nishimachi, Higashinada Ward, Kobe City 658-0026
Admission Fee: Free
Website: https://www.kikumasamune.co.jp/kinenkan/index.html
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
This museum tells the story of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake through videos and dioramas, testimonies and photographs, and hands-on learning experiences about disaster prevention and mitigation.
Address: 1-5-2 Wakinohamakaigan-dori, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥650, University students: ¥450, High school students and younger: Free
Website: https://www.dri.ne.jp/
The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum is the only museum in Japan that aims to collect and preserve vanishing carpentry tools as part of the national heritage, and pass them on to future generations through research and exhibitions.
Address: 7-5-1, Kumochicho, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0056
Admission Fee: Adults: ¥700, Seniors: ¥500, University and high school students: ¥500, Junior high school students and younger: Free
Website: https://en.dougukan.jp/
UCC Coffee Museum
The UCC Coffee Museum offers a factory tour, museum, and coffee academy. It has been temporarily closed since 2020 but is scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2026.
— Address: 6 Chome-6-2 Minatojima Nakamachi, Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0046
— Website: https://www.ucc.co.jp/museum/
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See also:
— List of museums in Osaka, Japan
— List of museums in Nagoya, Japan