Kobe City's Best Gems - Private car tour.
Description
Private Car and walking tour. Perfect for the hot and humid summer months, or the cold winter times. Also to simply see more too. A private tour - to maintain the unique energy of your group. Have any special interests or requests? We can add it into your Kobe experience...just let us know. A Great Mix of the Old & New of Kobe City... oh yeah! Have a local, fluent English speaking host. Spend time enjoying the city, (and not spending time getting lost in train stations or lost in translation)....another Oh yeah! Once you have booked your experience, we will be in touch with you within 48-hours to plan your personalized experience, and finalize our meeting point. For tours less than 48-hours, we will contact you sooner.
Tour Options
Itinerary
China Town nestled on the side of Motomachi. You will feel like you are in a totally different area from when you step into this street.
Beautiful skyline view of Kobe. Where couples write their names or short message on locks, attaches is it to the sculpture on top, and throw away the keys. Telescopes are available to look around.
We will be passing through Harbor land and Meriken Park. This is a beautiful port area for both locals and travelers alike. In Meriken there are many eateries and shops to browse.
The place where locals love to shop. Closer to Daimaru store, the shops are more so cosmopolitan, and going towards the Kobe Station side, you see a mix of new, and old (many generations owned stores).
One of the two most popular shrines in Kobe City. It is a shrine, and for this one, it is more muted... without the famous orange/red every where. Very popular for many different important celebrations for locals.
Kitano area of Kobe. When Japan opened its borders once again, many foreign settlers from around the world built in this Kitano area. International feel, and unique buildings to see.
One of two most popular shrines in Kobe City. Vibrant colors, old history, and getting to this shrine is fun because you go through the entertainment part of Kobe.
Sannomiya is a main entertainment area of Kobe. Izakayas, Karaoke box, niche bars, sake tasting, and Kobe Beef.
On the temple grounds sits Hyogo Daibutsu, one of the three largest Buddha statues in Japan. Nofukuji Temple is also the 23rd stop on the Shin-Saigoku Pilgrimage and the eighth of the Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kobe.
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Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(9)
Most guides have helped me verify my port. In Japan there can be multiple ports at one location. I had the wrong port -my fault- our tour was shortened alot
Hello Kobe Driving tour guest. The Kobe Shore Excursion was the purchased tour. Also a Kobe Port pick-up was chosen by guest. The Kobe Port Terminal was also confirmed by your guide, shortly after booking. Your cruise ship was docked in Osaka, a completely different city, and port. It was never mentioned to our guide that you were docked in a completely different city. Despite this situation, our guide put in beyond reasonable effort, and drove all the way to Osaka so your tour did not have to be forfeited. We are saddened to see that despite our efforts to make things work, we received a 3-star for an error that was not ours. We appreciate all perspectives; thank you for your review.
Michelle provided a private-car experience that included Meriken, Chinatown, Motomachi, and 2 interesting shrines, Minatogawa jinja and Ikuta jinja. She also took us to a hill that gave us a wonderful view over Kobe. Since we didn’t have preconceived ideas as to what to see in Kobe, we left the choices to Michelle and were pleased with the places she showed us. Michelle is very knowledgeable and energetic. A highly recommended tour.
We are glad that Michelle did such a wonderful job showing you around, and you enjoyed your Kobe experience very much. Thank you for your recommendation!
Our guide Michelle Kiyoko is very likeable and spoke very good English. Her knowledge of Kobe was excellent. As this was our first guided visit to a Japanese city Michelle gave us a great insight into how the locals live, work and enjoy recreation. We were a party of 6.
Thank you for your detailed review. This helps not only us, but our future guests.
Excellent tour of the sites and shopping areas of Kobe, including Chinatown and Motomoshi. Michelle was a fun, knowledgeable guide with very high energy!
Thank you for your review of both Kobe and Michelle. We are glad that you enjoyed your Kobe experience, as well enjoyed Michelle and her positive energy.
Michelle gave us a very comprehensive view of Kobe and an excellent referral for dinner . We learned so much about Japanese culture and life in Kobe . Well done Michelle
Thank you so much for a lovely review. Very appreciated 😊 . I am glad you enjoyed yourselves 😀
We had a wonderful half day tour with Michelle. She loves Kobe and showed us the beauty of the city, the lifestyle of the people and shared the history. She is a lively guide, speaks perfect English and not only made us feel very welcome, but left us wishing we had more time to explore this vibrant city. Hire Michelle! You will not be disappointed!
Thank you for such a detailed and wonderful review :-) Sounds like you enjoyed Michelle as much as she loves living here! Thank you for having chosen us to be a part of your travels.
Such a great experience, our host was great. Majority of the tours in Japan are walking tours, and to have the option of a driving tour was perfect! We were starting our 2-week travels in Japan through Kobe, so didn’t want to wear ourselves out too soon. Not only did we get to pace our energy, we also got to see more of Kobe. Our host Michelle was funny and personable too. Highly recommend.
We are glad you had such a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing your experience with us; we really appreciate the encouragement to continue doing a job that satisfies all of our travelers.
Our guide Michelle took us to all of our top choices, and added other sights for us to enjoy! It was great to have an enthusiastic guide who’s love and knowledge for Kobe just flowed out of her. Top pick guide for sure.
Thank you for such a specific and lovely review. We are glad you enjoyed your Kobe Experience, and feel that we went above your expectations. We will keep this up for all in the future.
So glad we had the driving tour option! It was humid and getting to drive in an air conditioned car in between locations not only saved us time, but saved our energy. Michelle was great. Lot's of fun facts, and also told us how Kobe City is different from other popular cities in Japan. She was delightful and funny. We really enjoyed our tour of Kobe and glad we had Michelle as our guide. We highly recommend.
Thank you for your review, we really appreciate it. We are happy that we can offer a driving walking tour like this one, and am glad when we hear from our guests how much they appreciated this option too. We are glad you also enjoyed Michelle very much.
