Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel (in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) is offering two Christmas-season-only stay plans with special room service starting September 15, 2026.
One plan pairs the large, sweet-and-tart, high-quality Amaou DX strawberry brand with a crisp, dry sparkling wine. The other offers a chef's original hors d'oeuvre made with luxurious ingredients such as Kobe beef and lobster, alongside a refreshing sparkling wine. Spend a special, elegant evening with someone important to you in a private space.
Designed to evoke a cruise ship, every guest room comes with its own balcony, offering sweeping views of Kobe Port Tower, the Ferris wheel at Harborland, Kobe Bridge, and other sparkling night scenery unique to the port town of Kobe. Spend a special Christmas in an elegant space reminiscent of a sea voyage.
Christmas Special Stay Plan Overview
Plan 1: Limited to 6 Rooms Per Day -- Amaou DX Strawberries and Sparkling Wine
This plan delivers Amaou DX -- an even larger, more lustrous version of the popular Amaou strawberry brand -- together with a pale-yellow, brightly sparkling wine, straight to the room via room service. Beyond the luxurious pairing of the strawberries' rich sweetness and juicy flavor with the sparkling wine, adding whipped cream and condensed milk brings out the fruit's sweetness and tartness even further. Enjoy a heartwarming Christmas Eve.
Reservations open: September 15 (Tuesday), 2026
Stay period: December 1 (Tuesday) to 25 (Friday), 2026
Eligible rooms: Comfort Twin Room, Comfort Double Room, Comfort Corner King Room, Moderate Twin Room, Moderate Double Room
Price: From ¥12,750 per person (Moderate Double Room, double occupancy, with breakfast, tax and service charge included)
Prices vary by room type and stay date.
Christmas-season strawberry and sparkling wine set menu:
- Amaou DX strawberries with whipped cream and condensed milk
- Sparkling wine (Montelibero Spumante Brut Bianco)
The menu may change depending on ingredient availability.
Plan 2: Limited to 3 Rooms Per Day -- Suite and Executive Rooms With a Chef's Original Hors d'Oeuvre
This special plan is limited to the hotel's Suite and Executive rooms (33 rooms in total), each at least 58 square meters and including a balcony. Earth-toned interiors evoking ocean waves and spacious, wood-deck-style balconies create an elegant stay reminiscent of a luxury cruise liner. Guests can enjoy the hotel's original hors d'oeuvre course -- including a lobster and Kobe pork salad, a Kobe beef and Kobe pork petit burger, and salmon farci with caviar -- along with a Santa- and reindeer-themed dessert plate and a fruity, refreshing sparkling wine with a lingering finish, all without leaving the room. Share the food and unwind together in a space reserved just for the two of you.
Reservations open: September 15 (Tuesday), 2026
Stay period: December 1 (Tuesday) to 25 (Friday), 2026
Eligible rooms: Oriental Suite Room, Junior Corner Suite Wide Balcony Room, Junior Corner Suite Room, Junior Suite Room, Executive Corner Twin Room, Executive Twin Room, Executive Corner King Room
Price: From ¥24,500 per person (Executive Twin Room, double occupancy, with breakfast, tax and service charge included)
Prices vary by room type and stay date.
Christmas-season hors d'oeuvre and sparkling wine set menu:
- Lobster and Kobe pork salad with green mustard
- Prosciutto and tomato bruschetta
- Kobe beef and Kobe pork petit burger
- Cauliflower mousse and crab salad
- Beef stew en cocotte
- Salmon farci with caviar
- Christmas special dessert
- Coffee or tea
- Sparkling wine (Montelibero Spumante Brut Bianco)
Suite and Executive benefits:
- Access to four daily food presentations at the Executive Lounge overlooking Kobe Port
- Personal check-in at a dedicated counter
- Late checkout until 12:00 PM (standard checkout is 11:00 AM)
- Pool and gym access (ages 18 and up)
- 10% off at in-hotel restaurants
- Preferential rates on Kobe Port cruise ships
The menu may change depending on ingredient availability.
About Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel
Succeeding the original Oriental Hotel, which was damaged and closed in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, this resort hotel opened in 1995 on a site surrounded by the sea on 270 degrees. It looks out over unmistakably Kobe scenery -- Kobe Port Tower, the Kobe Maritime Museum, and more -- and every guest room's balcony offers sweeping views that change by the hour, from sparkling seas to city night lights. Guests can enjoy a stay reminiscent of an elegant sea voyage, with the sea breeze close at hand. The hotel's lighthouse -- the first and only one built into a hotel in Japan -- was inherited from the original Oriental Hotel and still lights up Kobe Port today.
