Begin your tour in front of the BE KOBE monument, one of the most recognisable landmarks on Kobe’s waterfront. After a short introduction from your guide, walk towards the Kobe Maritime Museum while hearing a brief explanation of Kobe Port and Meriken Wharf, an area closely connected to the city’s modern history as an international gateway.

Enter the Kobe Maritime Museum and discover how Kobe developed as one of Japan’s major ports. Your guide will introduce the history of the port’s opening and explain how people, goods, technologies, and ideas from overseas reached Japan through Kobe. Rather than simply looking at ship models, this tour focuses on the museum’s exhibition rooms and hands-on simulator experiences, helping you understand the role of Kobe Port in a more active and engaging way.

Next, continue into Kawasaki World, located inside the same museum complex. Here, you will explore the storey of Kawasaki, a company that grew together with Kobe’s port and became known for advanced engineering across many fields. With your guide’s explanations, experience displays and simulators related to ships, railways, motorcycles, and aircraft. You will see how Kawasaki’s technology expanded from the port into transport, industry, and everyday life.

The tour ends in front of the Kobe Maritime Museum, leaving you with a deeper appreciation of Kobe as both a historic port city and a centre of Japanese engineering innovation.