How to Get in

Kobe is as one of the best places to live in and an attractive city too located between the sea and the Rokko mountain range. With a large number of visitors all round the year, getting to Kobe by air or road has been made easy.

To reach Kobe, one has to first reach Tokyo or any other international destination in Japan as the airport is Kobe only caters to domestic flights. Kobe airport started its operation since February 2006. Reaching Kobe by air hence is now possible via the other major cities in Japan which have international airports.

There are two major airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), which run regular flights to Kobe. These airlines run flights to Kobe from Tokyo, Haneda, Sapporo, Sendai, Okinawa and Kagoshima. Getting to Kobe by air is also possible from Niigata by ANA flights while JAL runs extra flights from Kumamoto. A new low cost airline called the Skymark is also launched to make getting to Kobe by air easier.

The nearest international airport from Kobe that runs flight to the city is Kansai International Airport which is 18.5 Kilometers from Kobe. Getting to Kobe by train from here is also equally convenient.