Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
人と防災未来センター
A memorial museum on the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, using film and artifacts to recreate the moment of the quake and the recovery that followed.
Opened in 2002, the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution is a disaster-prevention museum commemorating the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of January 17, 1995, which killed 6,434 people. The West Building exhibition opens with large-screen footage recreating the moment of the quake and the collapse of the city. It then traces the recovery through artifacts, photographs and first-hand accounts. There are also hands-on zones for learning disaster-prevention skills and Chinese-language guide materials, making it a good place to understand Japan’s disaster-prevention system. Admission for adults is about 600 yen. Closed on Mondays; if Monday is a public holiday, it closes the following day instead. Located in HAT Kobe, next to the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, and about a 10-minute walk from Hanshin Iwaya Station. The video section is quite intense, and children must be accompanied by a parent.
Opening hours
09:30–17:30 (Jul–Sep Fri–Sat until 19:00), closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
- Kobe Oji Zoo
- Mount Maya Kikuseidai
- Nunobiki Falls
- Ikuta Shrine
- Kobe City Museum
- Kitano Ijinkan
- Kobe Former Foreign Settlement