Did you move to Kobe with kids? Then you\u2019ll be pleased to find a variety of children\u2019s and family-friendly activities to keep you occupied in your spare time. Whether you\u2019re looking for indoor amusements or a trip to a nice outdoor space, there is plenty of stuff to both excite and educate the little ones \u2013 and adults can join in the enjoyment too!<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t go wrong with a day out among the animals and creatures. Fortunately, Kobe has a selection of great places. About\u00a015 minutes from Sannomiya by Port Liner, Animal Kingdom is one of the city\u2019s most popular tourist attractions, where you can see the likes of kangaroos and penguins. Oji Zoo<\/a> is also popular. It\u2019s close to the Hankyu Oji Park station and has a wide variety of animals, including pandas and elephants. Or perhaps you fancy a trip into the mountains to Rokkosan Farm<\/a> to see goats and sheep and take part in cheese-making classes? If it\u2019s marine creatures your kids are into, you can go check out the dolphins and piranhas at Suma Aqualife<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shopping<\/a> is a great family-friendly activity as kids love it (as long as you make sure to visit plenty of toy shops!), plus it gives adults the chance to pick up a few much-needed or bargain goods. If you have a whole day, or even half a day, to spare, then you can\u2019t beat Kobe Harborland<\/a>. Located on Kobe Port, this multi-purpose mall has hundreds of stores and children\u2019s amusements, a large cinema, and even a Ferris wheel. Other great retail venues include the Mitsui Outlet Park<\/a>, about 30 minutes from central Kobe, where you can shop on the waterfront with the stunning Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in the background.<\/p>\n Kobe is situated right next to a fantastic mountain range, and this makes for a wonderful day out, whether it\u2019s summer, spring, winter, or autumn. Mount Rokko<\/a> is the attraction that draws the most tourists and locals with much for young ones to enjoy, including playgrounds, a snow park in the winter season, Nunobiki Falls, and the International Box Museum, where kids can make their own tiny instruments.<\/p>\n Kobe\u2019s many parks are kid-friendly and filled with natural and human-made attractions to keep all ages occupied. Wakamatsu Park is a fairly built-up park area outside Shin-Nagata station. It\u2019s a bit more of a trek than centrally located parks, but worth it to see the 59-foot giant Tetsujin 28<\/a> robot statue built to commemorate the 15th<\/sup> anniversary of the Kobe earthquake. The slightly more central Meriken Park<\/a> is another good place for kids to learn about the 1995 earthquake and visit a maritime museum and have fun in playgrounds.<\/p>\n Anpanman might not mean much to children outside of Japan, but inside the country, he\u2019s as popular as the likes of Buzz Lightyear. For the uninitiated, Anpanman is a children\u2019s animated superhero character. He\u2019s so popular that he has his own themed mall, or \u201cmuseum\u201d in Kobe filled with shops, a play zone, arcade games, and restaurants. Anpanman himself sometimes makes a special appearance. Everything is free apart from the themed indoor play area.<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.kobe-anpanman.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n You can find sports centers, leisure centers, and gymnasiums all over Kobe that run different kids’ sessions. These include weekly football sessions at the Mizuno Soccer School<\/a>, tennis for beginners at the Kobe Regatta and Athletics Club<\/a>, and kung-fu at the Kobe Chinese Martial Arts Association<\/a>. See here<\/a> for details of more sports activities in Kobe.<\/p>\n lasta29<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you move to Kobe with kids? Then you\u2019ll be pleased to find a variety of children\u2019s and family-friendly activities to keep you occupied in your spare time. 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A day in the mountains<\/h2>\n
Fun in the park<\/h2>\n
The Anpanman Museum<\/h2>\n
Sports activities<\/h2>\n
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