Kobe Kitano Hotel (Kōbe Kitano Hoteru)
Kobe Kitano Hotel, owned by Hiroshi Yamaguchi, is an urban auberge in Japan’s cosmopolitan, sixth-largest city, Kobe.
Hiroshi Yamaguchi learned his craft under celebrated French chef Bernard Loiseau. Mr. Yamaguchi created the hotel in 2000 with the aim of promoting an innovative form of Japanese nouvelle cuisine in a setting that reflects the refinement of France. The venture has been so successful that, in 2015, Yamaguchi received the “Ryori Masters” Bronze Prize, awarded by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture—an award that recognizes chefs who have contributed, at the highest levels, to the success, development, and propagation of Japanese food and food culture.
RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX Kobe Kitano Hotel
(Photo: Kobe Kitano Hotel/ Website)
Hotel information
- Style: French style hotel
- Chain: Relais & Chateaux (Member since 2011)
- Address: 3-3-20, Yamamoto-dori, Chuo-ku 650-0003, Kobe
- Telephone: 07-8271-3711
- Check in time: 15:00 – 00:00
- Check out time: Before 11:00
Social Media
- Website: https://www.kobe-kitanohotel.co.jp/
- Facebook: @KOBEKITANOHOTEL
- Instagram: @kobekitanohotel
Location
Kobe Kitano Hotel is set in Kobe, the most cosmopolitan of Japanese cities. In the Kitano area, various foreigners who settled here from the 19th century onwards built residences in the style of their distant homelands.
Rooms
Kobe Kitano Hotel features 30 elegantly appointed drawing rooms, each with unique British furniture and an individual decorative style in a range of pastel colors. The hotel offers different room types depending on guests’ requirements, from standard twin rooms to deluxe king rooms, as well as a presidential suite; some rooms feature a bath tub.
Dining
Kobe Kitano Hotel features two gourmet restaurants: Ash, a French restaurant serving exquisite dishes prepared with select ingredients, and Dining Café Igrek, an open-kitchen venue offering European-style breakfast, lunch, and dinner courses.
At Kobe Kitano Hotel, menus are prepared and designed by chef Hiroshi Yamaguchi—also the hotel’s owner—together with other inventive chefs. French cuisine is best known at the Kobe Kitano Hotel. By using bouillon skillfully, reducing the use of butter and whipping cream, and instead concentrating on drawing out the essential flavor of each ingredient, the hotel presents a style whose freshness and delicacy beautifully align with Yamaguchi’s French cuisine.
Chef Hiroshi Yamaguchi’s signature dish comes from a handful of carefully selected suppliers, and Ayu (bamboo shoots) and Sainchon flowers (Japanese peppers) are also sourced from within the region.
Activities at Kobe Kitano Hotel
- Massage
- Mountain biking
- Sailing
- Water skiing
- Skiing
- Fishing
- Horseback riding
- Sightseeing in Chinatown
- Sightseeing in foreigner pavilion
- Golf (18 hole)
Attractions Nearby Kobe Kitano Hotel
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Kitanozaka (0.2 km)
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Ikuta Shrine (0.4 km)
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Tor Road (0.5 km)
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Ijinkan (0.5 km)
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Kobe Ladies Spa (0.6 km)
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Kobe Kitano Tenman Shrine (0.6 km)
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Kobe Kitano Museum (0.6 km)
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Sannomiya Center-Gai (0.8 km)
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Mount Maya (4.3 km)
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Noevir Stadium Kobe (4.8 km)
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Mount Rokko (11.3 km)
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Tanjo Shrine (11.9 km)
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Myoken-ji Temple (12 km)
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Arima Inari Shrine (12.2 km)
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Tosen Shrine (12.3 km)
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Emba Museum of Chinese Modern Art (12.3 km)
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Onsen-ji Temple (12.3 km)
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Tanasangen Park (12.3 km)
