2025 Kitano Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in April)

#MarchGoodPlaces2025 The Kitano Ijinkan area in Kitano-cho is like a window into the past. The streets here are quiet and elegant, and the ancient Western-style buildings stand quietly, exuding the charm of history. Walking on the bluestone path, colorful flowers bloom in the surrounding flower beds, as if adding a touch of vitality to this exotic place. 🌸 When you come to the bronze statue, melodious music comes to your ears, as if telling the story of this city. This bronze statue is not only a symbol of art, but also a popular spot for tourists to take photos. It quietly guards this land, giving people a timeless charm. Here, every corner contains traces of history, making people linger. As the sunlight changes, the scenery on the street becomes more charming, as if telling you that every moment here is worth cherishing. 🌅 Useful information: It takes about 15 minutes by bus from Sannomiya Station and the fare is about $2. It is recommended to wear comfortable shoes so you can explore this romantic place at your leisure. 🎶

Kitano Ijinkan-gai is one of Kobe's tourist spots 🏰 The cafe I would like to recommend in Kitano is Bistrot Cafe de Paris 🇫🇷 The staff are always cheerful and gentlemanly, so it's a place you'll want to go to again and again 👨🏼🍳💖 All the sweets here are delicious, but the most recommended is the creme brulée 💛 They prepare it right in front of you, so you can eat it while it's still warm 🤭💕 If you're traveling to Kobe, be sure to visit! ----------------------------------------------- 📍1-7-21 Yamamoto-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture 🕰️ Lunch 11:00-16:30, Dinner 17:30-21:00 🚃 800m from Kobe-Sannomiya Station (13 minutes walk) ----------------------------------------------- #Seasonal places in Japan #Kobe cafe

🥢 Asian Small Dining Table Yuyu Chelin.1688 📍 Sannomiya, Hyogo (15 minutes walk from JR Sannomiya Station) This time, I ordered the 🌙 Dinner Course (5950 yen) ️📝 The course consisted of: ・Six appetizers ・Luxurious shark fin soup ・Steamed scallops with black soy sauce ・Steamed shrimp with garlic ・Wagyu steak with black pepper sauce ・Crispy Northeastern sweet and sour pork ・Homemade dried meat stir-fried tofu and vegetables ・Cantonese Lu Rou fried rice ・Ma La Gao ・Apricot tofu ✔︎︎︎︎Appetizers 6 dishes: pork tongue, century egg, stir-fried squid and green peppers, jellyfish cabbage, steamed chicken, and Taiwanese sausage. The jellyfish cabbage is mixed with crunchy jellyfish and shredded cabbage, so you can enjoy the texture! The coriander was also very effective 🙆♀️ There were 6 dishes, so the appetizers were very filling ✨️ These appetizers go very well with alcohol. ✔︎︎︎︎Shark fin soup A very voluminous shark fin soup. The egg is filled with a lot of shark fin, making it very luxurious ✨️ The gentle flavor is soothing 💓 ✔︎︎︎︎Steamed scallops with black soy sauce The scallops are quite large, so it feels really luxurious ☺️ It's a shame to eat them, but I tried them in one bite 💕 The umami of the scallops spread throughout my mouth, and I felt happy all at once! ✔︎︎︎︎Steamed shrimp with garlic Angel shrimp with an innovative presentation 🦐 It's hard to eat, but it's delicious! He told me that and it's true✨️ The thick shrimp is seasoned with garlic and is delicious enough to eat with the skin on🙆♀️ ✔︎︎︎︎Wagyu steak black pepper steak A4 rank Japanese black beef sirloin from Okayama. Very tender and melting meat. Pink pepper and oyster sauce go really well together☺️ ✔︎︎︎︎Sweet and sour pork Sweet and sour pork like you've never had before. The crispy fried thin slices of pork are piping hot with a sweet aroma🔥 The eternally hot sweet and sour pork is so delicious that you can't get enough of it✨️ Very satisfying! ✔︎︎︎︎Homemade dried meat tofu and vegetable stir fry The tofu is like thin fried tofu and the flavor is soaked in! The crispness of the vegetables and the texture and flavor of the dried meat made this stir-fried vegetable dish irresistible 🤤 ✔︎︎︎︎Lu rou fried rice Lu rou fried rice with a slight aroma of star anise. The taste is quite addictive! ✔︎︎︎︎Ma la kao This was my first time eating ma la kao! It was so delicious and I was moved ✨️ It felt like a fluffy steamed brown sugar bun. It had a gentle flavor and was so delicious that I could eat as many as I wanted 🥰 ✔︎︎︎︎Apricot tofu Gentle sweetness and a smooth texture 💓 It was the perfect dessert to finish off the meal! We had a lot of dishes on the menu for a very filling dinner course 🙆♀️ The food was really delicious and full of the owner and chef's attention to detail, so I was very satisfied. The plates are handmade by the owner's brother, and each one is different, so it's fun to enjoy them 💕 Plates are important ✨️ On Friday and Saturday nights, the restaurant has a different izakaya style, and the usual menu items are available in mini sizes at a great price ☺️✨ The lunch course is also a great deal, so I'll definitely come back! Thank you for the meal 🙏 ✍️Reservations are required for the dinner course we had this time! There are also cozy private rooms that can be used as if rented out exclusively✨️ The very kind owner will explain the menu and tell you all sorts of stories, so you can spend a wonderful time☺️ . . . . 📌Kitano Kobo Building, 4-7-5 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture ⏱11:30-14:30 18:30-21:30 (until 22:30 on Fridays and Saturdays) 🗓Closed on Wednesdays . . . . #Creative Chinese food#Sannomiya Chinese food#Yuyu#Sannomiya gourmet#Sannomiya lunch#Sannomiya dinner#Kobe gourmet#Kobe lunch#Kobe dinner#Hyogo gourmet#Hyogo dinner#Hyogo lunch#0 yen trip November

Why not rent a costume for Halloween this year? The standard costume for rental is the kimono, but there is a Taisho-era costume rental shop. I looked up hairstyles that were popular in the Taisho era and tried them out, and it looked very similar🌝 I felt like a modern girl from the Taisho era👩🏻 The shop also has a studio, so I took photos inside the store and then went around retro cafes and facilities to take cosplay photos📸 Originally located in Kyoto and Tokyo, the Kyoto store reopened in Kobe on August 1, 2024. . . . 📍Taisho Western Clothing Store 🗺️Hyogo/Tokyo, Japan 🕑9:00-18:00 💤Wednesday 💰¥3000/3 hours, ¥4000/6 hours, ¥4500/day #Halloween2024 #TaishoRomantic #TimeSlip

This is Kitanomachi Naka Park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. This park comes into view as you walk through Kitanocho. Here you can see a large rest area, a fountain, and a bronze statue holding a trumpet? You can also go to Moegi no Yakata from this park. There is an admission fee to enter Moegi no Yakata. It was hot, so this was the perfect rest area! If you come to Kitano, please stop by! 📍Kitanomachi Naka Park 〒650-0002 3-10 Kitanocho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo #0 yen trip

Kobe Rokko Ranch Kitano Main Store in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture is a shop where you can enjoy super rich ice cream!! I found this shop while walking around the Kitano Ijinkan area, and since the temperature outside was 34 degrees that day and it was too hot, I decided to have ice cream! It was served immediately and there was no wait time. The flavor is very rich and melts in your mouth!! It's really delicious, so please try it!! 📍Kobe Rokko Ranch Kitano Main Store 3-11-4 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture 650-0002 #0 yen trip