[Kobe Kitano] Tour of foreign-style houses🏰

The Kobe Kitano area is a tourist spot lined with foreign-style houses✨

First up is [Kazamidori no Yakata]
When it comes to foreign-style houses in Kobe Kitano, the Kazamidori no Yakata is well-known✨
This is the home of German trader Gottfried Thomas (G. Thomas).
Among the foreign-style houses still standing in the Kitano-Yamamoto area, it is said to be the only building with brick exterior walls.
It features a heavy atmosphere that is different from other foreign-style houses, such as the colorful brick tones, stone-built entrance porch, and half-timbered (wooden frame structure) on the second floor.
The mansion incorporates traditional German style while also giving off an Art Nouveau vibe.

It is scheduled to be closed from October 1, 2023 to [tentative] March 31, 2025 due to earthquake-resistance renovation work.
Please be careful if you are going during this period.

[Kazamidori no Yakata]

3-13-3 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0002

Opening hours
9:00-18:00

(Entry until 17:45)

Closed
First Tuesday of June and February

(If the regular closing day is a national holiday, closed the following day)

🚃15 minutes walk from either Sannomiya or Shin-Kobe station

🚌 5 minutes walk from Kitano Ijinkan on the City Loop

🅿️ None

[Moegi no Yakata] is located opposite Kazamidori no Yakata.

This Western-style building was built in 1903 as the residence of Hunter Sharp, the American Consul General, and as its name suggests, has light green exterior walls✨

It is located on a hilltop, so you can see the beautiful cityscape of Kobe.

A foreign-style house designated as a "nationally important cultural property."

[Moegi no Yakata]

3-10-11 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0002

Opening hours
9:30-18:00 (entry until 17:45)

(※If the regular closing day is a national holiday, the building will be closed the following day)

🚃15 minutes walk from either Sannomiya or Shin-Kobe station
🚌 5 minutes walk from Kitano Ijinkan on the City Loop
🅿️None

[Rhine no Yakata]
The owner was Mrs. J.R. Drewell, born in France in 1857. It was built in the early Taisho period.

2-story wooden building with hipped roof and shingle roof.

Purchased by Kobe City in 1978 (Showa 53). Construction was carried out to open it to the public, and it was developed as an information center for the area.

It was named "Rhine no Yakata" after the Rhine River in Germany, the home country of former resident Mr. Oberlein, and the beautiful straight lines of the clapboard on the walls.

[Rhine no Yakata]
2-10-24 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0002

Opening hours
9:00-18:00
(Entry until 17:45)
Closed
The third Thursday of June and February
(If the regular closing day is a national holiday, the next day will be closed)

🚃15 minutes walk from either Sannomiya or Shin-Kobe station
🚌 5 minutes walk from Kitano Ijinkan on the City Loop
🅿️ None

There may be temporary closures, so please check the website before heading out.
Please note that it closes early 😌

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