Hillside houses & quiet cafes
Kitano climbs the hill above Sannomiya. Old Western-style houses (ijinkan), built for foreign traders in the late 1800s, line the slopes, with small cafes and bakeries in between.
Go up in the morning when it is quiet, then walk back down toward Sannomiya for dinner.
More history of Kitano → 見本：深い歴史は別ページ（中身は未作成）
Highlights
見本：作成者の「街の情報 › 見所」から入る（住所で決まらないもの）。写真は募集中
Old foreign houses on the hill
Merchants from Europe built wooden houses here in the 1900s. Several are open as small museums.
When: Daytime
Kitano Tenmangu view
Climb the stairs above the Weathercock House for a view over the rooftops to the sea.
When: Clear mornings
Coffee in an old house
Some of the old houses on the slope are now cafés. A calm break after the hill.
When: Afternoon
Places to visit
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見本：作成者の「街の情報 › 観光地・スポット」から入る（住所がある所。地図にもピン）。写真は募集中
What to eat
Kitano itself is more cafes and bakeries than dinner. For yakitori and izakaya, walk ten minutes down to the streets just north of Sannomiya Station.
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Where to stay
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Price per room per night (checked Nov 2026): ¥ under ¥12,000 · ¥¥ ¥12,000–25,000 · ¥¥¥ over ¥25,000
Pick a place inside the circle and you can walk to dinner. Rooms, photos and today’s prices are on the booking site.
Getting here
見本：乗り換えは○、○の間は目安の分数（時間は未確認の目安）
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Kitano is also about a 10-minute walk downhill from Shin-Kobe Station.
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Other areas in Kobe
Three areas between the mountains and the sea.
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