What other travelers are saying about Kobe Maritime Museum
This museum is spanking new and clean, and the moment you enter the door, a big impressive ship model greets you.
Spend a few moments to admire it, take a few photos, and quickly move on because there are other exciting things waiting for you inside.
Oh, there are lockers conveniently located on one side of the ship so you don't have to lug your heavy stuff around. Money is refundable.
I enjoyed looking at the cruise ship models nearby and also the huge town replica with moving trains further in.
I'm not a fan of motorbikes, but I thought those on display were quite cool. And so I took a few photos of them.
The Kawasaki jet ski game was fun and there was hardly any queue.
It was also a fun experience for kids to go on board the airplane and train replica.
There's also an intelligent machine that can draw a few preselected pictures and you're free to take the drawings as souvenirs.
Few people noticed it but on the first floor, there is a trick art section just outside the museum.There are only two pictures there, but I think it's worth a shot.
It was a wonderful museum. The staff was especially friendly. It featured nice models of major ships in history. There was a special Kawasaki section that included motorcycles, jet skis, as well as ships. I enjoyed my visit.
We loved this museum! It’s a great place to go with kids of all ages (but I’ll probably go back again without kids so I can spend more time learning and reading at my own pace.) Majority of the activities, panels and explanations were also in English. There are robots, interactive hands on games and exhibits to learn about boats, shipping logistics, port infrastructure, etc
Practice driving a giant 🚢 ship and operating a shipping crane.
A great variety of informative and beautifully designed technology both old and new.
The museum is located on the port where there are ferries and malls and events. We loved it, and will be back!
There's this old security guard who is extremely unfriendly. My son was experiencing the crate machine simulator, and he yelled at us that we could only play it once! HELLO? there's not even anyone is the museum lining behind us, and we have 2 admission tickets, why can't we play one more time? Probably the most rude Japanese person we've encounter in this trip.
It's a good experience in total, but I expected at least *some* technical / technological content.
No engines, engine-room or bridge components to be found. The "Kawasaki world" is lovely, however, it's not maritime
