Wire-framed tower in red, Kobe Port Tower and Kobe Maritime Museum; three landmarks of Kobe Meriken Park (Photo: Masayoshi Hirose)

Kobe at Night: Pure Magic!

Enjoy the illuminated Meriken Park & foreign settlement

Takako Sakamoto   - 1 min read

Kobe is GREAT!  There are many reasons I love this city: First, the sea is close to high mountains; there are many hills in Kobe. Kobe is sandwiched between the high mountains of Rokko, which tower over the back of the city, and the sea, which is so close to the front of the city. Therefore, you can enjoy mountains, sea, and the city at the same time! The neatly-landscaped city of Kobe has an exotic feel to it. When I visited here I started my exploration from the former foreign settlements located on the south side of Sannomiya Station. In time I reached Meriken Park. When the shades of night fell, I drove up the mountain behind the north side of the prefectural office. And I arrived at the observation deck in Kobe Suwayama Park.

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Takako Sakamoto

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...