Kobe College
Discover Kobe College's stunning Okadayama Campus, featuring 12 Spanish Mission-style buildings designed by William Merrell Vories in 1933. This rare architectural masterpiece—the only complete Vories campus designated as Japan's Important Cultural Property—survived WWII and the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Learn about visiting opportunities, architectural highlights, and nearby attractions.
Nagato Province Coin Minting Relics
Explore the Nagato Province Coin-Casting Artifacts, Important Cultural Properties from Japan's Nara period. These coin molds, crucibles, and bellows nozzles from the Nagato Mint reveal the origins of Wadō Kaichin, Japan's first official currency.
Meigetsuki (Autumn of the Second Year of the Shōji Era /
Sword (unsigned)
Sword (Mumeidenza)
Sacrificial Head 饕餮〓Hobunson
Sacrificial Head Taotie Dragon Pattern Square
A Handwritten Petition from Kitabatake Akiie (March 1st,
Kyoudou Chigu Bokusei〈Hogo/(Silk Book)〉
Bronze Bell with Kesadasuki Design
Colored Silk Version of the Eight Character Manjusri
White-Robed Kannon, Painted on Silk
Ink Painting on Silk of Pomegranate and Squirrel (by
A Light Coloured Ink Painting on Silk of a Solitary
Commentary on the Golden Light Sutra (Volume 4 Fragment /
Light Coloured Landscape Painting on Paper (by Kano
Thirty Six Poems Written in Color on Paper (Ise) / Handed
Zen-in Forehead Letter
Tachi (inscribed Kunimune)