Kobe-Osaka Kyoto, Japan

774 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Azamara Club Cruises (95 Cruises)

Azamara Pursuit

1112 Passengers
30277 tons
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Celebrity Cruises (50 Cruises)

Cruise CEL Celebrity Ship Millennium

Celebrity Millennium

2218 Passengers
91011 tons
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Costa Cruises (34 Cruises)

Costa Deliziosa.

Costa Deliziosa

2826 Passengers
92 tons
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Emerald Waterways (18 Cruises)

Holland America Line (33 Cruises)

Lindblad Expeditions (18 Cruises)

National Geographic Resolution

National Geographic Resolution

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Norwegian Cruise Line (25 Cruises)

Norwegian Jade

2402 Passengers
93558 tons
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Oceania Cruises (50 Cruises)

Cruise OCE Oceania Cruises Riviera ship

Oceania Riviera

1250 Passengers
66084 tons
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Ponant (26 Cruises)

Princess Cruises (117 Cruises)

Cuise-PCL Princess Diamond ship

Diamond Princess

2670 Passengers
115875 tons
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Cruise PCL Princess Sapphire Ship

Sapphire Princess

2670 Passengers
115857 tons
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Regent Seven Seas Cruises (52 Cruises)

Cruise REG Regent Seven Seas Cruises Explorer ship

Seven Seas Explorer

1294 Passengers
55254 tons
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Seven Seas Splendor.

Seven Seas Splendor

1296 Passengers
55254 tons
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Royal Caribbean Cruises (19 Cruises)

Seabourn Cruise Line (73 Cruises)

Seabourn Encore.

Seabourn Encore

40350 tons
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Silversea Cruises (69 Cruises)

Cruise SIL Silversea Cruises Silver Muse ship

Silver Muse

1007 Passengers
40700 tons
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Viking Ocean Cruises (67 Cruises)

Viking Orion.

Viking Orion

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Viking Venus

Viking Venus

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Frequently Asked Questions

At one of two terminals, Port Terminal on the Shinko pier or Naka Pier, both a few minutes from the centre. That is rare in Japan and it changes the whole day: from Naka Pier, a short walk reaches Meriken Park.
Yes, but only on a long call. Kyoto takes about fifty minutes direct from Sannomiya, or roughly thirty by Shinkansen from Shin-Kobe station. Osaka is easier: about twenty minutes by JR express. Leave a generous margin for the return.
Meriken Park and Harborland along the basins, then the Nankinmachi Chinatown and the Motomachi arcades toward Sannomiya. Keen walkers then climb to Kitano, where the 19th-century foreign merchants' residences can be visited one by one.
A large green esplanade set between the quays, with the 108-metre red port tower and the maritime museum under its white lattice roof. The BE KOBE monument letters draw the photographers.
A piece of wharf left exactly as it collapsed in the 1995 earthquake, preserved as a memorial. The contrast with the nearby BE KOBE monument sets the tone of the call: a joyful memory and a grave one, side by side.
One of Japan's few Chinatowns, packed into two hundred metres about ten minutes' walk from the port: steamed bun counters, red lanterns, patient queues at the stalls. It is quickly crossed but worth a stop.
The Western-style residences built by 19th-century foreign merchants, on the lower slopes of the Rokko mountains. Kobe opened to foreign trade as early as 1868, and this quarter still shows it. The climb is real: bring your legs.
In the restaurants of the centre, around Sannomiya and Motomachi. It is the specialty that carried the city's name around the world, and many passengers would rather spend their day on it than rush to Kyoto.
The sake brewing quarter, backed against the mountains. Several houses open their doors to visitors. It is a worthwhile alternative when the call leaves no time to head into the Kansai.
At convenience store ATMs, which accept foreign cards, unlike many Japanese bank machines. The currency is the yen; carry cash for Nankinmachi and the small counters.