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Meriken Park
メリケンパークChuo, Hyogo
Garden
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Meriken Park is a waterfront park on Kobe Port in Chūō ward. It was created in 1987 on reclaimed land between the old Meriken Wharf and Naka-Tottei, the pier where Kobe Port Tower stands.
The name is the Meiji-era rendering of the word American as Meriken. The Kobe Maritime Museum and the Hotel Okura Kobe stand here, and a bell tower called the Hortensia Bell rises from the central lawn. In the north is Fish Dance, a sculpture by Frank Gehry made for the 120th anniversary of the port's opening. In the east, a section of wharf broken by the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake was left as it fell and now forms the Kobe Port Earthquake Memorial Park, which keeps records of the disaster. A large renewal was completed in 2017.
Goshuin within a short walk
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Visit Duration
60 minutes
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