Restaurant “Eating Botanical Garden” Opens in Minatoyama, Kobe, NATURE!

On July 26, 2025, a new building WEST was completed in the “NATURE STUDIO” complex in Yukimisho-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe. The restaurant “Eating Botanical Garden” newly opened.

The facility will open in 2022 as a sustainable local community base, utilizing the former site of Minatoyama Elementary School, which closed in 2015. In addition to an aquarium, craft beer brewery, herb store, and food hall, it also includes a nursery school and employment support facilities.

Features of the new WEST building

Constructed in the parking lot space as the third building following the NORTH and EAST buildings. It features a design that harmonizes with the lush greenery of the site.

Restaurant space

A total of 66 sofa and table seats are arranged around an open kitchen. The restaurant is filled with edible plants, giving it the appearance of a botanical garden.

Symbolic spatial composition

A giant sisigium tree towering in the atrium is a symbolic presence. Surrounding it is a bread buffet featuring freshly baked bread from Minatoyama Bakery, a bakery attached to the building.

Popular menu items

The “Eating Botanical Garden Plate” (1,980 yen) features an assortment of Japanese roast beef and grilled seasonal vegetables. The special drink “Elder Rouge Soda” (500 yen) provides the perfect cool feeling for summer.

Eating Botanical Garden Plate” with bread buffet: 1,980 yen, “Elder Rouge Soda”: 500 yen (both tax included)

Experiential Contents

The “Touch and Feel” experience (800 yen) will be held in the kitchen on the 2nd floor. Visitors can enjoy everything from collecting plants to making miniature specimens and tasting herb tea. Cooking experience of making jam and herb oil is also offered separately.

Highlights of the New Facility

• New 4-meter-high, 8-meter-long slide
• Introduction of aquaponics (symbiotic system of fish and vegetables)
• Cultivation of basil and other herbs using a recycling-based cultivation system

Facility Information

Location

Eating Botanical Garden (NATURE STUDIO WEST, 2-15, Yukigosho-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Japan)
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Opening Date

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Related information

• Bakery in town is born in Minatoyama, Kobe! NATURE STUDIO “Minatoyama Bakery

The new facility, where visitors can experience living in harmony with nature, offers not only food and beverages, but also comprehensive agricultural experiences and educational programs. On your way home, we recommend taking home a souvenir of freshly baked bread from the attached bakery.