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Nōfuku-ji (能福寺) is a Buddhist temple that, from the legend, was founded in 805 by the monk Saichō, in Kita Sakasegawa, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Saichō (of the Tendai sect) placed a statue of Yakushi Nyorai of his own making in the temple hall and named the temple Nōfuku Gokoku Mitsu-ji ( 能福護国密寺 ) .
Kobe beef can be prepared as steak, sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, sashimi, and teppanyaki. Within Japan, Kobe is one of the three Sandai Wagyū, the "three big beefs", along with Matsusaka beef and Ōmi beef or Yonezawa beef. Kobe beef is also called Kōbe-niku (神戸肉, "Kobe meat"), Kōbe-gyū or Kōbe-ushi (神戸牛, "Kobe cattle") in Japanese. [1]
Sanshinzan Taisan-ji (三身山太山寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It was established by Empress Genshō 's instruction in 716. Taisan-ji's Main Hall completed in 1293 is a National Treasure of Japan .
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji; Byōdō-in; Chion-in (Head temple of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect); Daigo-ji; Daikaku-ji; Daitoku-ji; Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (Head temple of the Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū)
The Glass House, and city view. The Nunobiki Herb Garden (布引ハーブ園, Nunobiki Hābu-en, 40 acres) is a herb garden located on Mount Rokkō above Kobe, Japan. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged. The garden is accessed by Shin-Kobe Ropeway gondola lift from downtown Kobe.
Taisan-ji An'yō-in (太山寺 安養院) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was created as a tatchu temple (branch) in Taisan-ji . An'yō-in's karesansui completed in Azuchi–Momoyama period is a national Place of Scenic Beauty .
Kobe (/ ˈ k oʊ b eɪ / KOH-bay; Japanese: 神戸, romanized: Kōbe, pronounced ⓘ), officially Kobe City (神戸市, Kōbe-shi), is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama.
In 1959, St. Michael's Church, the cathedral of the Diocese of Kobe, was newly built at its current location (5-11-1 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku), and its consecration was done during the 100th anniversary of the mission of the Anglican Church in Japan. This ceremony was attended by Geoffrey Fisher, the 99th Archbishop of Canterbury.