[2025 Kobe Stay] Travel Guide for Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel (Updated Mar)

Overall: ★★★☆☆ Service: ★★★☆☆ Atmosphere: ★★★☆☆ Quality: ★★★☆☆ Access: ★★★☆☆ ✔︎ Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel ・A semi-circular resort hotel that is part of Kobe's beautiful scenery 🏨 ・Opened in 1995, six months after the Great Hanshin Earthquake ・Surrounded by the sea on three sides, with balconies in all rooms! ✔︎ Room Stayed In ・Room Type: Standard Double East View ・Floor: 8F ・Room Number: 808 ・View: Port Tower, Hotel Okura, First Pier (including Kobe Minato Onsen Ren), Port Island, etc. ・Area: 25㎡ (including balcony) ・Amenities: ORIENTALIST (original brand) ✔︎ Impressions ・Enjoy the view from the balcony in three directions! → You can enjoy various faces of Kobe from the heart of the beautiful port city 🌃 ・Experience a resort feeling while being in the city of Kobe 🏝️ → There are palm trees inside the hotel! 🌴 ・Slightly felt the aging infrastructure → It's been almost 30 years since it opened, and although it feels clean, the water facilities felt a bit old! ✔︎ Access 🚌 Free shuttle bus from Sannomiya Bus Terminal (Mint Kobe 1F) 20 minutes 🚃 Kaigan Line Minato Motomachi (Exit 2) 8 minutes on foot 🚗 Parking available (290 cars, ¥1,800/night)

Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel is a well-known luxury hotel located in Kobe, Japan, famous for its magnificent sea views. Located right on the shore of Kobe Harbour, this hotel offers luxurious accommodation and fine services. Whether traveling for business or leisure, guests can enjoy a comfortable and relaxing environment here. #springsummerdestinations2024 #Japan

KOBE ORIENTAL HOTEL, a very memorable hotel during my trip to Japan. As soon as I entered, the woody scent in the air took away all the fatigue of the journey. And, when checking in at the front desk on the 17th floor, the sight of the high ceiling void, the fireplace, and the slowly rotating fans gave a sense of time flowing backwards. In 1870, after Kobe port was opened, it was the first hotel that only received foreign guests, Marilyn Monroe had also stayed here, it is a symbol of Kobe's elegance. The rooms are furnished with leather and solid wood furniture, a two-meter-long sofa, velvet cushions, and specially prepared silk cotton pajamas that are changed daily. Besides a variety of herbal teas to wake up each morning, they also provide bath salts made from bamboo leaves and a large bathtub, making it really feel like coming home when returning to the hotel every day. The hotel's location is also very, very beautiful: the former settlement, filled with exotic atmosphere. Taking a leisurely stroll in this district every day, one can appreciate Kobe's historical Western-style buildings and beautiful stone-paved streets, and some corners and the scent of coffee in the air might make you feel as if you're in Paris. Finding a cozy hotel on a trip is also an unforgettable part of the entire journey, don't you think?

This is my second visit to the hotel. I always stay here when I come to Kobe. Although the hotel is not super new, so it is a bit small, but the scenery at night is very beautiful. There are many foods in the Mosaic Square opposite, and the Ferris wheel is also very beautiful. The night is filled with quiet beauty.