Good, all time spend in Kobe is a waste of valuable time not spend in the beautiful part of Japan. Kobe is one waste of time

Yes you can drive, there got car park available at each interest spot. I not sure if it’s chargeable. the road fairly steep. I experienced this when I took wrong bus which direct down to rokko station from mountain. Not sure if you experience Malaysia cameron highlands? rokkosan has lesser steep.

It depends on the weather if you want to go to Rokko Mountain. Sometimes, it's very foggy. If you have only 6 hours to see Kobe, I recommend to ride city loop sightseeing bus. You will see main sightseeing spots. Buy a day pass for city loop bus. You will go around this exotic city, get on and off as many times as you want and you will get to know this city. Good to walk around Nankinnmachi(China town), Motomachi for shopping. You will enjoy seeing Japanese people's every day life as well.

hi, not sure if it is still in time for you. Many ways you could visit my Rokko from Kobe Port. most convenient of course from those private tour from Kobe town. But you could still do it on you own. You can take one of the private train service towards Osaka, stop by one of these station…Hanshin mikage, hankyu Rokko or JR rokkomichi depends on which line your train is. There's shutter bus to mt Rokko base station. Do ask around or goggles.

sorry, we didn't use the pass as we drove there by car