Japan

Day 09/26

Kyoto Exploration & Kobe

Kyoto & Kobe/Fri 23 Oct 2026

Suggested activities

  • Anything not done in central Kyoto the day before
  • Nijo Castle
  • Ninomaru-goten Palace
  • Kinkaku-jiTemple

Minato Hanabi fireworks, Kobe

1.5hr train to Kobe. Aim to leave Kyoto at 2–3pm.

Fireworks festival at Meriken Park. More entertainment at Plenty Square (in front of Seishun-Chou Station).

Schedule — fireworks at 18:30
Schedule — fireworks at 18:30

Follow the official "Kobe Minato no Yoru" Instagram (@kobehanabi) to get a commemorative holo card — first 200 people, from 17:00, at the Meriken Park Information Tent (west side of the Maritime Museum entrance).

Dinner

  1. Kobe beef steak Restaurant Mouriya Royal

Mouriya Royal

1-9-9 Kitanagasa-dori, No. Kishi Bldg. 2F, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0012

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