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WINTER RECOMMENDED DESTINATION HYOGO AREA

Here are some destinations around hotels in Hyogo area which are perfect for enjoying Winter.

Fairfield by Marriott Hyogo Kannabe Highland

Up Kannabe

59-78 Kurisuno, Hidaka, Toyooka, Hyogo  Open 8:30-16:40 / 18:00-21:30

Just next to the hotel, Up Kannabe is the best popular ski resort for family and beginner in Kannabe-area. They are open till 21:30 on weekends, so you can enjoy night skiing. In addition to that, there are kids’ areas. Also kids’ can enjoy snow activity.

 

Waraku

1348-1 Hidakachotada, Toyooka, Hyogo  Open Weekday 11:30-14:00 / 17:30-21:00(Dinner Reservation required) Close Mon

This popular local restaurant in Kannabe Kogen serves local handmade soba for lunch. During the winter season only (November to March), you can enjoy a course of “snow crab”, a delicacy of the sea.

 

 

Fairfield by Marriott Hyogo Tajima Yabu

Hachikogen Ski Resort

 Hachi kogen, Yabu, Hyogo  Open 8:00~17:00 (Open from DEC 21, 2024)

Hachi Highland Ski Resort is one of the best in the Kansai region and is known for having a wide range of ski slopes for a variety of levels.

 

Kamakura Restaurant

709 Muraokaku WachiKami, Mikata District, Hyogo Open 12:00~21:00(DEC 2024 to MAR 2025) 

You can enjoy Tajima beef barbecue in a special "kamakura" space created in pure white snow!

 

 

Fairfield by Marriott Hyogo Awaji Fukura

Nada Kuroiwa Suisenkyo

2 Kuroiwa, Nada,Minamiawaji,Hyogo  Late DEC 2024 to Late FEB 2025 Open 9:00~17:00 (Last entry 16:30)

Located in the southern part of Awaji island, the 5 million wild daffodils blooming over a steep slope of 7 hectares leading to the sea from Mt. Yotsuruha are a sight to behold. Also, the reception building has been reopened in this year, and can be used as a shop cafe and a rest area for cyclists now.

 

TRATTORIA amarancia

AMA SUNSET CLIFF Ama-Nishimachi, Minamiawaji, Hyogo

Open Weekdays 11:30~21:30 / Weekends and holidays 8:00~21:30 Close Wed,Thu

An Italian restaurant on a cliff overlooking the sea below, just opened in July 2024. In addition to the standard Italian menu, a menu featuring Awaji Island ingredients is also available. The restaurant is open for dinner, lunch, and morning. (Morning is available only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.)

 

Awaji Monkey Center

289 Hatadagumi, Sumoto, Hyogo 

Open 9:30~17:00 *Subject to change depending on the season. Close Wed,Thu

You can feed and observe approximately 350 wild Japanese monkeys living in the surrounding mountains. During the winter, you may be able to see monkeys huddling together to keep warm, known as “monkey dumplings”. The best time to see the large “monkey dumplings” is on a cold and windy day around January.

 

 

Fairfield by Marriott Hyogo Awaji Higashiura 

Izanagi Shrine

740 Taga, Awaji, Hyogo Open 7/24 * However, the Shrine office is open from 8:30~17:00

It enshrines the two pillars, Izanagi and Izanami, who performed the great deed of creating a nation, which appear in the “Myth of the Birth of a Nation'' at the beginning of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. It's a shrine.

 

SOIL MUSEUMSHIDO

2150 Taga Awaji, Hyogo  Open Weekdays 13:00~17:00 / Weekends 10:00~18:00 Close Tue, Wed

You can enjoy an extraordinary space where both walls and floors are covered with clay, aiming for a collaboration between Japanese traditional culture “earthen walls” and various “contemporary art” by a long-established earthen wall manufacturer established 100 years ago on Awaji Island.

 

Koko chiyo

1512 Ura, Awaji City, Hyogo Open 12:00~14:30 / 17:30~21:00 (Last entry 18:30)   Close Irregular

Seasonal Japanese cuisine using seafood such as pike conger eel and 3-year torafugu (blowfish) served at a Michelin starred restaurant.