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accessible info : Kobe
Metro
/ JR / Hankyu
/ Hanshin
/ Hotel
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Kobe
Port |
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Kobe Universal Tourist Center " is located on 2nd floor of Port tower
building. They help tourist with disability and elderly. Bay cruise ship is
one of the main attractions for tourists. Accessible port, ramp to
ships, and kind staff. "Luminous Kobe 2" cruise is
wheelchair accessible: a lift to the ship but only stairs to the upper deck.
Great night view from the sea.
http://www.feel-kobe.jp/_en/
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Kobe
Harbor Land |
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Shopping,
gourmet food, amusement, cinema, and hotels. All wheelchair
accessible. Metro and JR stations are also wheelchair accessible. Cruising ship
"Concerto" leaves harbor land. Concerto is not perfectly
accessible, but has kind staff.
http://www.harborland.co.jp/en
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Kitano
Area |
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Foreign
merchants and diplomats settled in Kobe after the Kobe Port was opened to foreign trade in
the 19th century. Many of their mansions remain and are open to the public as
museums. They are located on the mountain side. Nice boutiques,
cafes, and variety shops. But this area is located on a steep hill.
Wheelchair users find it so tough to climb up and down the hills.
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Kobe
Animal Kingdom |
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Play
with birds in the beautiful flower gardens. The park is very interesting,
which is fully wheelchair
accessible. We can touch and feed many birds and smell flowers. It
is located in Kobe Port Island near Kobe Airport. All the
stations of Port Liner are accessible.
http://www.kobe-oukoku.com/
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Oji
zoo |
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Kobe
city's zoo, famous for panda. This zoo is wheelchair friendly because
many families with baby baggies visit it. Fully wheelchair accessible. Hankyu
Railway Oji-Koen Station is also accessible.
http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/culture/leisure/ojizoo
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Sake
breweries |
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The
seaside area between Osaka and Kobe is famous for sake breweries.
There are some sake breweries, museums restaurants and shops.
http://plus.feel-kobe.jp
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Suma
Aquarium |
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Fully
wheelchair accessible. The aquarium has ramps and lifts. Wheelchair spaces in dolphin
show theater. It is possible to touch dolphins or seals on
wheelchairs if you book before the show.
http://sumasui.jp
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Akashi
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Akashi
Park is famous for cherry blossoms. Akashi is a fisherman city.
Fresh fish caught in the morning are sold in the shopping arcade. Nice
seafood, specially octopus. Akashi channel bridge has the longest central span of any suspension
bridge in the world at 1991 meters.
http://www.yokoso-akashi.jp
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Himeji
Castle |
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40
minutes train ride from JR Kobe Sannomiya Station. 1 hour train
ride from JR Osaka Station. Very steep ramps and steps at two
gates. But wheelchair users enter the gates with someone's push. No lift in
the castle tower. The old-style castle is not wheelchair
accessible because it should preserve the original structure.
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Shoshazan
Enkyoji |
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One
of the best temple in Japan. famous as movie " Last samurai
". Located on Shosha mountain. Wheelchair accessible ropeway runs between mountain
and parking. It takes 30 min from ropeway station to the main
temple in deep mountain. Real mountain road. Wheelchair users can
go on car road, but steep slope. Mini bus runs in mountain. If you
can transfer the seat of this mini bus, you should use it. Temples are very
old. No ramp and no lifts. Feel the sanctuary place.
http://www.shosha.or.jp/ |
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Kobe
