The Nunobiki Herb Garden ropeway ascends Mount Rokko above central Kobe, offering gondola passengers a bird's-eye panorama of crimson and gold mountain foliage with the city of Kobe and Osaka Bay glittering below. The garden itself, Japan's largest herb garden, is beautifully landscaped with English-style terraces set among autumn-coloured trees. The Nunobiki waterfall, one of Japan's three great waterfalls, is visible mid-slope amid blazing foliage. Evening ropeway rides during autumn illumination periods present an especially romantic twilight cityscape experience.
- Type
- Experience
- Category
- Autumn Leaves
- Season
- Autumn
- Month
- Late October to Late November
- Region
- Kansai
- Prefecture
- Hyogo
- City
- Kobe
Highlights
- ◆Gondola panorama over Kobe's autumn mountain foliage
- ◆Osaka Bay and city skyline visible from the top
- ◆Japan's largest herb garden in autumn setting
- ◆Nunobiki waterfall framed by koyo mid-slope
- ◆Romantic evening ropeway illumination rides