Arima Onsen Taikou-no-yu Spa
Admission to Arima Onsen Taiko-no-Yu, a hot spring bathing facility in Arima Onsen, Kobe, sold on SkyGate alone or with extras such as a meal set. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.
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Kobe
Kobe is the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, according to Wikidata. On XTOUR it covers the city's harbour-side museum and aquarium, the hot springs of Arima Onsen and hands-on workshops.
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Japan
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City
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34.6932, 135.1944
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Dodeca Cookie Making Experience at DODEKA Cookie Studio
Hands-on giant-cookie and character-pizza making sessions at DODEKA Cookie Studio in Kobe, sold on SkyGate as cookie, pizza or combined options. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.
Kobe Urban AQUARIUM×ART atoa
Admission to átoa, an aquarium blended with stage and digital art at the Kobe Port Museum in Kobe, sold on SkyGate.
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Ticket
Admission to the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, Kobe's museum on the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, sold on SkyGate as a common or university-student ticket. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.
Worth the drive
Places to see near Kobe
Distances are straight-line, not driving time — mountain roads in this region are often twice as long as the map suggests.
Place · Shinminatocho, Hyogo Prefecture
átoa (Kobe Port Museum)
A theatrical aquarium that blends stage design and digital art at 7-2 Shinminatocho, Chuo Ward, Kobe, part of the Kobe Port Museum.
1 km in a straight line
Museum · Wakinohama, Hyogo Prefecture
Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial)
A museum at 1-5-2 Wakinohamakaigan-dori in Kobe's Chuo Ward dedicated to the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and to disaster preparedness.
2 km in a straight line
Place · Arima Onsen, Hyogo Prefecture
Arima Onsen Taiko-no-Yu
A large hot spring bathing facility in Arima Onsen, Kita Ward, Kobe, at Arimacho Ikenojiri 292-2, described by its operator as the largest hot spring theme park in western Japan.
13 km in a straight line
Place · Tempozan, Osaka Prefecture
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Osaka
An indoor LEGO attraction on the third floor of Tempozan Marketplace at Tempozan Harbor Village, Osaka, with a Miniland of Osaka.
22 km in a straight line
Place · Sakurajima, Osaka Prefecture
Universal Studios Japan
A large theme park in Sakurajima, Konohana Ward, Osaka, that contains the Super Nintendo World area; the operator sells a Studio Pass and a separate Area Timed Entry.
22 km in a straight line
Museum · Oyodonaka, Osaka Prefecture
Koji Kinutani Tenku Art Museum
An art museum dedicated to the painter Koji Kinutani on the 27th floor of the Tower West of the Umeda Sky Building in Kita Ward, Osaka.
27 km in a straight line
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Useful from Kobe
5 guides
Travel Guide01
Kansai rail passes compared: JR-West and private lines
Thirteen Kansai rail and tram passes are sold on SkyGate, from JR-West's one-to-four-day Kansai Area Pass to the Hokuriku pass, Kintetsu, Hankyu and Randen. This guide sorts them by the lines and area they cover, who may buy them and how each is redeemed, and flags where SkyGate and the operators differ.
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Travel Guide02
Have Fun passes compared by region
SkyGate sells eleven Have Fun passes: regional passes, a food pass, a two-week national pass and a Kansai Premium pass. This guide separates them by region, by how many picks each one gives and by the rail-pass bundles that four of them offer.
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Travel Guide03
Osaka Amazing Pass, e-Pass and city cards compared
Six Osaka-area passes on SkyGate answer different questions: one bundles attractions with trains and buses, one covers attractions only, one covers city transit only, and two Keihan and Hankyu passes reach Kyoto and Kobe. This guide separates them by what each covers, how it is used and where SkyGate and the operators differ.
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Travel Guide04
Osaka and Kobe: onsen, food tours and workshops
Ten SkyGate products around Osaka and Kobe, split into four bathhouses, a restaurant dinner and two food tours, and three hands-on sessions. This guide says which suits which traveller and marks what the sources leave unconfirmed.
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Travel Guide05
Osaka observation decks and city sights: which to pick
Fifteen Osaka and Kobe tickets sold on SkyGate, from four viewing decks and a Ferris wheel to a castle museum, three bus and boat rides and a run of family stops. This guide sorts them by the choice you are actually making and marks what the sources leave open.
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Destination information last verified: September 29, 2026
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