Kobe Wine Wine made from 100-percent Kobe grapes is very delicious. The warm and fertile soil is suited to wine making, and this area is called the Mediteranean of Japan. Sweet and bitter white wines and rose wine is produced, and their quality has been acclaimed at the world-renowned Monde Selection wine contest.

Kobe Water

Mount Rokko's natural water contains abundant mineral compounds and is very delicious. Kobe water became famous when it was used as drinking water on foreign ships, whose sailors acclaimed its fine taste as being the "Water of God."

Kobe Cheese This cheese is a camembert-type made from fresh milk at the Mount Rokko Ranch. It has a milder taste and smell than its foreign counterpart.

Carbonated Senbei (Rice Cake) The name derives from the fact that the carbonated hotspring water from the Arima Spa is used in cooking the senbei. This wafer-type cake is baked into thin pieces by a special process. You will not forget its crispy taste once you eat it. Recent variations have sweet cream sandwiched by these cakes.

Kobe Beef The shimofuri-type (fat-splattered) beef is the characteristic of Kobe beef which gives it a tender taste. The fat in the meat makes it very tender when grilled. You can cook it as shabu-shabu, sukiyaki, yaki-niku (grilled meat), and steak.