Lavender Park Taka

799-127 Todoroki, Kami-ku, Taka-cho, Taka-gun, Hyogo

Fee

Lavender season (mid-May to mid-July): Adults (high school students and older) 700 yen, elementary and junior high school students 300 yen. Free outside the season (discount periods available)

Hours

9:00-17:00 (late May-mid-July)

Closed

Open free of charge outside the season

Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden

4512-150 Kitarokko, Rokkosan-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Fee

Adults (junior high school students and older) 900 yen, Children (ages 4 to elementary school students) 450 yen, 100 yen off for ages 70 and over (800 yen)

Hours

10:00-17:00 (March-November)

Closed

Closed in winter

Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center

1282-1 Iimori, Toyokura-cho, Kasai, Hyogo

Fee

Adults 550 yen, ages 70 and over 250 yen, high school students and younger free

Hours

9:00-17:00

Closed

Tuesday

Himeji Rose Garden

2222 Toyotomi-cho, Himeji, Hyogo

Fee

Adults (junior high school students and older): 700 yen; Elementary school students: 300 yen (Adults: 900 yen on Saturdays and Sundays in the 3rd and 4th weeks of May)

Hours

10:00-17:00

Closed

Irregular closures

Himeji City Tegarayama Botanical Garden

93 Tegara, Himeji, Hyogo

Fee

Adults 250 yen, Children (ages 6 to junior high school) 100 yen, Infants (under 6) free (Himeji City residents aged 65 or over: free with presentation of the Senior Citizen Preferential Welfare Card)

Hours

9:00-17:00

Closed

Fridays

Awaji Greenhouse

4 Yumebutai, Awaji, Hyogo

Fee

Adults 750 yen

Hours

10:00-18:00

Closed

Thursday (partial)

Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park

8-10 Yumebutai, Awaji, Hyogo

Fee

Adults (high school students and older) 450 yen, Seniors (65 and over) 210 yen, Junior high school students and younger free

Hours

9:30-17:00

Closed

Open every day

Kobe Municipal Arboretum

1-2 Nagao, Kamitanigami, Yamada-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Fee

Adults (aged 15 and over, excluding junior high school students) 300 yen; elementary and junior high school students 150 yen (free for Kobe city residents aged 65 or over, and for high school students who live or attend school in the city)

Hours

9:00-17:00

Closed

Wednesday

Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway

1-4-3 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Fee

Round trip including ropeway: Adults 2,500 yen, elementary and junior high school students 1,250 yen, preschool children free, Kobe residents aged 65 and over 1,150 yen (One-way: Adults 1,900 yen, children 950 yen. Special prices during the Christmas season)

Hours

10:00-17:00

Closed

Irregular closures

Former Ako Castle Garden

1 Kamikariya, Ako, Hyogo

Amagasaki City Urban Greening Botanical Garden

2-2-1 Higashitsukaguchi-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo

Arima Fuji Park

1091-2 Fukushima, Sanda, Hyogo

Awajishima Park

2425-2 Kusumoto, Awaji, Hyogo

Akashi Park

1-27 Akashi Koen, Akashi, Hyogo

Harima Chuo Park

1275-8 Shimotakino, Kato, Hyogo

Awaji Hana Sajiki

2805-7 Kusumoto, Awaji, Hyogo

Aina Satoyama Park

Tashiro, Aina, Yamada-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Taka-cho Yokamura Park

817-41 Makino, Naka-ku, Taka-cho, Taka-gun, Hyogo

Tamba Namikimichi Central Park

90 Nishikosa, Tambasasayama, Hyogo

Hitokura Park

1-6 Chimyo, Kunisaki, Kawanishi, Hyogo

Maiko Park

2051 Higashimaiko-cho, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Himawari no Oka Park

1545-321 Kiyotani-cho, Ono, Hyogo

Fee

Free

Hours

8:30-19:00 (winter), 8:30-20:00 (summer). *The Park Center closes at 17:00

Closed

Open every day (the Park Center is closed on December 31 and January 1)

Station

About 5 minutes by taxi from Kobe Electric Railway Ono Station (the community bus "Ranran Bus" has a Himawari no Oka stop); about 8 minutes by taxi from JR Ao Station

Parking

Available (513 spaces, free)

Kobe City Sorakuen Garden

5-3-1 Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Fee

Adults (15 and over) 300 yen, elementary and junior high school students 150 yen

Hours

9:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30)

Closed

Every Thursday (open if it falls on a national holiday, and closed the following day); December 29 – January 3 (open every day during the Tsutsuji Yusan azalea period from late April to early May)

Station

Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line, Kencho-mae Station, 5-minute walk

Parking

None

Suma Rikyu Park

1-1 Higashisuma, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Fee

Ages 15 and over (excluding junior high school students): 400 yen; elementary and junior high school students: 200 yen (free under certain conditions for people aged 65 and over in Kobe City and for high school students living or enrolled in the city)

Hours

9:00-17:00 (last admission 16:30)

Closed

Thursdays (open if Thursday is a national holiday); December 29 - January 3

Parking

Main garden: 272 spaces; Botanical garden: 22 spaces (passenger cars only). Passenger car: 700 yen (900 yen on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays in May)

Kobe Sports Park (Cosmos Hill)

Midoridai (Kobe Sogo Undo Park Management Center), Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Hours

Cosmos Hill is open all day (no lighting at night)

Station

Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line, Sogo Undo Koen Station

Parking

About 1600 spaces in the park (P2 is multi-story)

Sumaura Park

4-1-24 Ichinotani-cho, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Fee

Free

Station

Right next to Sumaura-koen Station (Sanyo Electric Railway)

Parking

220 spaces, open year-round, 24 hours. Passenger cars: weekdays (excluding Mar 20–Apr 15) 300 yen for the first hour, then 200 yen per hour (daily maximum 1,200 yen); weekends, national holidays, and Mar 20–Apr 15: 400 yen for the first hour, then 200 yen per hour.

Tarumi Kenko Park

Aza Maruo, Myodani-cho, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Station

From Myodani Station on the Kobe Municipal Subway, take Sanyo Bus Route 5 or 14 to the "Higashi-tamon" stop, then walk 15 minutes (other access options are also available).

Parking

167 spaces (including 48 temporary spaces), 5:00-21:00 (exit possible 24 hours). Weekdays: free for up to 1 hour, 200 yen for up to 2 hours, then 100 yen per hour (daily maximum 500 yen). Weekends and public holidays: 200 yen for the first hour, then 100 yen per hour (maximum 500 yen).

Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki no Mori Central Green Area

33-4 Ogimachi, Amagasaki, Hyogo

Fee

Free

Hours

Park Center 9:00-17:00

Closed

Year-end and New Year holidays (Park Center)

Station

From Hanshin Electric Railway Deyashiki Station, take a Hanshin Bus and get off at "Amagasaki Sports no Mori", then walk 5 minutes (the bus runs on Saturdays and Sundays only)

Parking

Approx. 1000 spaces (including Amagasaki Sports no Mori) / Free (under the Wangan Line viaduct) / 9:00-17:00

Hyogo Prefectural Ako Kaihin Park

1857-5 Misaki, Ako, Hyogo

Hours

Gates open 9:00–17:00 (Umi no Mon gate is always open)

Closed

December 29 – January 1 (parking lots and Management Office)

Station

From JR Banshu-Ako Station, take a bus and get off at "Myojinki", then about 15 minutes to the south (on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays, get off at "Kaihin Koen-mae")

Parking

East, West and North parking lots available (about 1,170 standard-size cars in total); standard-size car 550 yen per entry; 9:00–17:00

Okurayama Park

Kusunoki-cho 4-chome and others, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Station

Immediately north of Kobe Municipal Subway "Okurayama" Station / 8-minute walk from Hanshin "Nishi-motomachi" Station / 10-minute walk from JR "Kobe" Station

Parking

30 spaces; 400 yen for the first hour, 200 yen per hour after that; available 24 hours

Azur Maiko

11 Kaigandori, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Hours

6:00–23:00 (announced June 2025)

Station

Sanyo Electric Railway "Maiko-koen" Station, about 7 min. on foot / JR "Maiko" Station, about 7 min. on foot

Parking

West 296 spaces, East 100 spaces; passenger cars 200 yen per hour (no maximum)

Okusuma Park

Ike-no-okukami, Tainohata, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Fee

Free

Hours

9:00-17:00

Closed

Open year-round

Station

15-minute walk from Myohoji Station on the Kobe Municipal Subway (or take a bus to Okusuma-koen-mae stop, right in front)

Parking

30 spaces, free (9:00-17:00)

Hyogo Prefectural Nishiina Park

6-30-1 Kushiro, Kawanishi, Hyogo

Closed

Every Tuesday (open if Tuesday is a national holiday); year-end and New Year holidays

Station

Immediately at Kita-Itami Station (JR Fukuchiyama Line)

Parking

163 spaces, 24 hours, 100 yen per 30 minutes (maximum 1,000 yen per day)

Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Ishi-no-Neya Green Space

2425-2 Kusumoto, Awaji, Hyogo (address of the management office inside Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Island Park)

Hiyodorigoe Forest Park

Nakaichiriyama, Shimotanigami, Yamada-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo; Hibarigaoka 2-chome, Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyogo; and others

Station

5-minute walk from the "Hiyodori Inter-mae" (or "Hiyodoridai 1-chome") bus stop (Kobe City Bus / Hankyu Bus)

Parking

14 spaces, free, available 9:00-17:00 (open year-round). Closed on weekdays 2026/10/8-10/28 due to paving work (available on weekends and holidays).

Kiina no Mori

3 Aina, Yamada-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo (listed location: Aina, Yamada-cho, Kita-ku; Kizu, Oshibedani-cho, Nishi-ku)

Station

About 5 minutes from Kobe-Nishi IC on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway; about 5 minutes from Aina IC on Hanshin Expressway Route 7

Parking

North parking lot: approx. 80 spaces (large buses allowed); South parking lot: approx. 20 spaces; free

Kobe Seishonen Park

Aza Minamiyama, Nose, Ogo-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Station

About 5 minutes south of the "Kotoku-sho-mae" intersection in Ogo-cho on Prefectural Route 38

Takatsuka Park

2-1, Takatsukadai 5-chome, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Station

12-minute walk from "Seishin-chuo" on the Kobe Municipal Subway, or right by the "Takatsuka Koen-mae" stop on Kobe City Bus routes 23 and 24

Parking

41 spaces; entry 8:00-18:00 (exit 24 hours); 300 yen for the first hour, then 100 yen per hour

Hyogo Prefectural Miki Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Park

1708 Mitsuda, Shijimi-cho, Miki, Hyogo