Arcades in Kobe
Arcades are pure joy per dollar. Kobe, Kansai has 74 mapped right now. That's 74 arcades mapped around Kobe. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Off-peak hours mean shorter waits on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats.
This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Kobe (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include ナムコ and アテナ, plus メモリアルロード きらめき. If an arcade's missing from Kobe's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Kobe arcade lineup
74 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
ナムコ
Arcade
ナムコ — Arcade.
アテナ
Arcade
アテナ is Arcade.
メモリアルロード きらめき
Arcade
メモリアルロード きらめき is Arcade.
GiGO
ArcadeRun by 株式会社GENDA GiGO Entertainment
Run by 株式会社GENDA GiGO Entertainment, GiGO is Arcade, found on 15 in 大阪市. Also worth knowing about GiGO: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
15, 大阪市, 556-0011
Phone: +81-6-6645-7692
ABC
Arcade
ABC is Arcade.
エム
Arcade
エム is Arcade.
GiGO
Arcade
GiGO — Arcade.
SEGA
Arcade
SEGA — Arcade.
ENTERTAINMENT FIELD
Arcade
ENTERTAINMENT FIELD — Arcade.
NAMCOLAND
Arcade
NAMCOLAND is Arcade.
Bb（ビィビィ）
Arcade
Bb（ビィビィ） is Arcade.
ジャンカラ
Arcade
ジャンカラ — Arcade.
クラブセガ
Arcade
クラブセガ — Arcade.
クラブセガ
Arcade
クラブセガ — Arcade.
BIG ECHO
Arcade
BIG ECHO is Arcade.
ストライクス
Arcade
ストライクス is Arcade.
ソユーゲームフィールド
Arcade
ソユーゲームフィールド — Arcade.
淡路棋院
Arcade
淡路棋院 — Arcade.
GiGO
Arcade
GiGO — Arcade.
セガワールドアポロ
Arcade
セガワールドアポロ — Arcade.
Gパラ
Arcade
Gパラ — Arcade.
GAME PANIC堺
Arcade
GAME PANIC堺 — Arcade.
モーリーファンタジーf
Arcade
モーリーファンタジーf is Arcade.
ゲームポイント シャトーEX
Arcade
ゲームポイント シャトーEX is Arcade.
うたっちゃえ カラオケシャトー
Arcade
うたっちゃえ カラオケシャトー is Arcade.
タイトーステーション
Arcade
タイトーステーション — Arcade. Also worth knowing about タイトーステーション: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +81 72 929 4801
namco
Arcade
namco is Arcade.
CQB Limited
Arcade
CQB Limited is Arcade.
ATCあそびマーレ
Arcade
ATCあそびマーレ is Arcade.
BRAVO
Arcade
BRAVO — Arcade.
PLAY STATION NAVEL
Arcade
PLAY STATION NAVEL — Arcade. Also worth knowing about PLAY STATION NAVEL: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:30-23:30.
Hours: Mo-Su 09:30-23:30
ザリガニ
Arcade
ザリガニ is Arcade.
エンジョイパラダイス
Arcade
エンジョイパラダイス is Arcade.
パスカ
Arcade
パスカ is Arcade.
アミューズスペース ミール(MiR)
Arcade
アミューズスペース ミール(MiR) — Arcade.
UFOキャッチャー専門店
Arcade
UFOキャッチャー専門店 is Arcade.
中華的射的場
Arcade
中華的射的場 is Arcade.
プラザパル
Arcade
プラザパル is Arcade.
SOYU
Arcade
SOYU is Arcade.
射的
Arcade
射的 is Arcade.
元祖新世界射的秘宝館
Arcade
元祖新世界射的秘宝館 — Arcade.
AMUSEMENT SPACE
Arcade
AMUSEMENT SPACE is Arcade.
テレビゲーム かすが
Arcade
テレビゲーム かすが — Arcade.
Atari Pong
Arcade
Atari Pong — Arcade.
日本一 射的
Arcade
日本一 射的 is Arcade.
ニコパ
Arcade
ニコパ — Arcade.
ガチャガチャの森
Arcade
ガチャガチャの森 — Arcade.
キウイゲームズ
Arcade
キウイゲームズ — Arcade.
BorneLund PLAYCUBE
Arcade
BorneLund PLAYCUBE is Arcade.
しきつ囲碁将棋サロン
Arcade
しきつ囲碁将棋サロン is Arcade.
GIGO
Arcade
GIGO — Arcade.
The Silver Ball Planet
Arcade
The Silver Ball Planet is Arcade.
GiGO明石
Arcade
GiGO明石 is Arcade.
Game Panic
Arcade
Game Panic is Arcade. Game Panic also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 11:00-20:00.
Hours: 11:00-20:00
3249ROOM
Arcade
3249ROOM is Arcade.
チャンピオン
Arcade
チャンピオン — Arcade.
楽市楽座
Arcade
楽市楽座 is Arcade.
NICOPA
Arcade
NICOPA is Arcade.
Molly fantasy
Arcade
Molly fantasy is Arcade.
What the map tells us about arcades in Kobe
8 of the 74 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
8 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
8 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Kobe arcade run
Making a day of it in Kobe? Work this order: ナムコ, アテナ, メモリアルロード きらめき, GiGO on 15, ABC, エム, GiGO, and SEGA. That's the arcade run in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 66 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Kobe
Hitting the arcades in Kobe? Play smarter:
- Watch the regulars first at ナムコ. The high-score table tells you which machines are hot and who's worth watching. Fifteen minutes of watching teaches plenty.
- Pinball rewards regulars at アテナ. Pinball tables have personalities and moods. Play the same table a few times and you'll start reading it.
- Bar-arcades: pace yourself. Drinks and games mix well until they don't. The machines get harder exactly as you get worse at them.
- Go off-peak. Weekday afternoons mean no queues on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats. Friday night is the opposite.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Kobe — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new arcade in Kobe can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 74, or a arcade we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
We don't list machine lineups — they change too often. What we list is the where: real venues, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 74 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Arcade listings for Kobe: 74 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.