Whether you’re looking for an indoor swim or some outdoor action in a boat or on a surfboard, you can find plenty of water-based activities in and around Kobe at reasonable prices. Here’s a summary of what is on offer.<\/p>\n
For those after proper swimming and diving facilities rather than just a splash around at the beach, Kobe has several sports facilities with swimming pools that are easily accessible. The Konami Sports Club has three sites in Kobe \u2013 James Yama<\/a> location, Sannomiya<\/a> location and Konan Yamate<\/a> location. Each venue offers 25-meter length pools with lanes and swimming classes where you can hone your technique. The Kobe Port Island Sports Center<\/a>, meanwhile, has a 50-meter competition pool and a plunge pool with five diving boards, the highest of which is 10 meters.<\/p>\n Fancy something a bit more involved than a simple swim? You can head out to the Aeon Mall Kobe Minami<\/a>, which is a large shopping complex that opened in October 2017. The place has a marine facility where you can partake in pedal boating, stand up paddling (SUP), canoeing, and (if you have a license) motor boating. Prices range from around 1,000 \u2013 5,000 yen for activities up to an hour. For a more structured experience, Paddle Your Trip<\/a> offers activities including kayaking, river SUP and white-water rafting at a range of nearby locations. Tailored plans for small groups are available. Instructors meet you at Sannomiya Station and transfer you to the activity location.<\/p>\n If you have your own surfing equipment, you can venture down to Suma Beach to try and catch a few waves or, for a more ideal experience, travel a bit further out to Isonaura Beach in Wakayama Prefecture. At Suma Beach, you can try a spot of windsurfing at Gem Resort (tel: 078-735-3120), which offers lessons for beginners from 5,000 yen. Inside the city, around 20 minutes drive from the center of Kobe, you’ll find an artificial surfing facility at Kobe Reyes<\/a>. Lessons are offered at 10,000 yen per person, with soft boards, wetsuits and marine shoes also available for rent.<\/p>\n A slightly less well-practiced activity, water polo is a team sport where two teams of swimming players try to score goals against each other. The 50-meter pool at Kobe Port Island Sports Center<\/a> is available for water polo. There are no sessions in the sport currently offered but the pool is available for private hire, including the hire of equipment, if there is a group of you who want to give the sport a try. Contact the center to make inquiries.<\/p>\n There are numerous other water sports opportunities a short drive or train ride from Kobe. If you head along to Lake Biwa close to Kyoto, you’ll find the BSC Watersports Center<\/a>, which has over 40 years experience in teaching water sports including sailing, kayaking, and windsurfing. Also in Kyoto is the River Adventure Club<\/a>, which offers river rafting activities for 4,380 yen on the Hozu River.<\/p>\n Imtiaz Joseph [CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether you’re looking for an indoor swim or some outdoor action in a boat or on a surfboard, you can find plenty of water-based activities in and around Kobe at reasonable prices. Here’s a summary of what is on offer. Swimming and Diving For those after proper swimming and diving facilities rather than just a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,63,150],"tags":[72,74,378,204],"class_list":["post-3719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kobe","category-outdoors","category-sports","tag-hyogo-prefecture","tag-kobe-city","tag-otsu-city","tag-shiga-prefecture"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tBoat Sports<\/h2>\n
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