Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution

人と防災未来センター

The 1995 Kobe earthquake, told through film and real wreckage

⚠ Closed Mondays

Hours

9:30am–5:30pm (last entry 4:30pm); closed Mondays (next weekday if a holiday) and New Year (28 Dec 2026–4 Jan 2027)

Tickets

Adults ¥650, university students ¥450, high-schoolers and under free, 70+ ¥300; free on the 17th of each month

Address

1-5-2 Wakinohama-kaigandori, Chuo-ku

At 5:46am on 17 January 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake flattened much of Kobe. Here a large-screen theatre recreates the moment expressways and buildings collapsed, then you walk through a model of the burned-out streets, twisted wreckage, and objects and testimony left by survivors. Knowing what this shiny port looked like some thirty years ago changes how you see the broken quay in Meriken Park. The building is a modern glass box, with hands-on disaster-prevention exhibits upstairs.