20 minutes airborne· 3 seats· Loop flight, lands where it took off
Kobe after dark · 20 minutes
How would you like to fly?
Private helicopter for your party¥107,370/ guest
Book this flight →Twenty minutes over Kobe after the city lights come on. Kobe sits on a narrow shelf between the Rokko mountains and the sea, so from the air its lights run in one long bright band, with black water on one side and a black ridge on the other, the port and its cranes marking the outer edge. Meeting time is from late afternoon, with a departure that follows sunset through the year. Three seats in the cabin, and the exact take-off pad in the Kobe area is confirmed together with your flight date.
What this flight gives you
- Kobe by night in a 20-minute loop, back to the same pad
- A city seen as one bright band between dark mountains and dark sea
- Meeting time from late afternoon; departure follows sunset
- Private helicopter for your party — no stranger sharing. Priced per guest, minimum 2 guests, up to 3.
✓ Who this suits
Visitors staying in Kobe or on the Hanshin side of the bay, anyone who has already done Osaka from the air, and travellers who want a night flight longer than 15 minutes without going to 30.
✕ Who this is not for — read before you pay
This flight stays over Kobe: Osaka's skyline is on the 30-minute flights, not this one. It is priced above the 15-minute Osaka flights, so if the aim is simply to have flown at night, those cost less. Night photography through cabin glass is hard, and phone cameras rarely manage it. The take-off pad is confirmed together with your flight date, so keep that evening open around the flight.
- minutes airborne
- 20
- seats
- 3
- On the route
- Kobe
- Aircraft
- The aircraft type may change from day to day because of high demand. Seats, flight time and price stay as booked.
Flight course & highlights
Sightseeing flight path — back to the same pad
- Kobe
The line on this map is a guide, not a promise. On the day, the pilot may change the route with the wind direction and air-traffic control instructions, so sights can come in a different order or from a different angle. The departure pad for this flight is confirmed together with your date, so the map marks only the sights on the route.
Flight conditions — read before you book
⚖️ Weight limits on this flight
120 kg/ per person220 kg· Combined weight
🧳 Luggage: The weight limit includes luggage. There is no baggage compartment on board; bags can only be held on your lap.
🌧️ Bad weather: when the operator decides and tells you
- Departure time 09:00–12:00
- Email decision by 18:00, the evening before
- Departure time 12:30+
- Email decision by 10:00, on the day of the flight
- Departure time 16:30+
- Email decision by 15:00, on the day of the flight
☁️ Flights still go ahead in cloudy weather when the pilot judges it safe. Only weather that makes flying unsafe cancels a flight.
🧾 Cancelling yourself: fee by notice given
- 8 to 10 days before the flight
- 20% Fee
- 2 to 7 days before the flight
- 30% Fee
- The day before the flight
- 40% Fee
- On the day of the flight
- 50% Fee
- After the flight has started, or no-show without notice
- 100% Fee
- 🌧️ Flight cancelled for bad weather, an aircraft issue or another event that prevents operation (the operator's call): 100% refund, or a free move to another date
- 100%
🚁 Aircraft: The aircraft type may change from day to day because of high demand. Seats, flight time and price stay as booked.
- Private helicopter for your party
- This flight is a private helicopter for your party: the whole aircraft is reserved for your group and no strangers are added — nobody boards except your party and the pilot. The price is charged per guest, with a minimum of 2 guests and a maximum of the aircraft's seats. Your total is the per-guest price times the number of guests. Reducing the number of guests after booking counts as cancelling those guests, under the cancellation fee table; the total never falls below the 2-guest minimum.
- Weight and balance
- Each seat carries up to 120 kg. On this flight's helicopter, the total weight of all passengers, luggage included, is capped at 220 kg. This is not paperwork: the pilot works out the aircraft's centre of gravity from exactly these numbers, which is why we ask every passenger for a real weight at booking. Understate it by a few kilos and the flight is cancelled at the pad.
- Cancelled or delayed by weather
- The weather decides the flight, and the decision reaches your inbox at a fixed hour: departures between 09:00 and 12:00 are settled by 18:00 the evening before; departures from 12:30 by 10:00 on the day; departures from 16:30 by 15:00 on the day. If weather cancels the flight you choose between a full refund and a free move to another date. Nobody keeps your money.
- Changing the date yourself
- Give us four days' notice or more and you may move the date once, free. Inside three days a change counts as a cancellation and the cancellation fee applies — not out of strictness, but because by then the aircraft and the pilot are held for your flight and cannot be sold to anyone else.
- Insurance
- Every flight already includes third-party liability cover and passenger cover, held in the operator's name. There is nothing extra to buy in order to fly.
- What we need when you book
- For every passenger the operator needs three things before departure: the full name exactly as printed on your ID, your nationality, and your exact weight in kilograms. Miss one of the three and the pilot cannot complete the load sheet, which means the flight is not cleared to take off.
- Passport number — we never ask for it on this site
- We don't ask for passport numbers on this form; if the flight needs ID details, we ask each passenger separately.
The heliport for this flight is stated in your booking confirmation, with address and map.
Arrive before your flight at the time stated in the confirmation for the passenger weigh-in and safety briefing.
Private helicopter for your party — no stranger sharing. Priced per guest, minimum 2 guests, up to 3.
Add-ons you can choose when booking
Booked alongside the flight — write it in the message box and we confirm the final price before taking payment.
A bouquet of 108 roses for the proposal
¥210,000
A hundred and eight roses, made up and delivered to the helipad at the moment you choose — handed over before boarding, or waiting when you land.
Terms: Order at least 3 days ahead. Flowers cannot be arranged for a flight tomorrow.
A large or seasonal bouquet
¥14,000 – ¥42,000
A seasonal bouquet, with the size and the flowers up to you — which is what the price range reflects.
Terms: Cannot be arranged for a flight the next day. Order together with the flight, as early as you can.
Alphard transfer between the city and the helipad
¥49,000
An OlaChill driver collects you at your hotel, runs you to the helipad and waits to bring you back.
Terms: Cancelling the car after 18:00 on the day before the flight: the transfer is not refunded. If the flight itself is cancelled for weather, the transfer is refunded in full.
A private photographer with you, before and after the flight
¥15,000
Video of the day, edited into a short film
¥15,000
👥 Group bookings
More people than one aircraft can seat? Message us on LINE or WhatsApp. Depending on availability, several aircraft can be scheduled in the same time slot so the whole group flies close together.
💳 Payment
Pay by international card (Visa, Mastercard, JCB) or by bank transfer / QR code. Charged in Japanese yen; the currency switch on this page is for reference at today's rate only. No payment is taken at the heliport.
Who runs this trip, and on what terms
- Minimum passengers
- 2
- seats
- 3
This trip is arranged and booked by MIA Co., Ltd. (MIA株式会社), a company registered in Osaka, Japan. The flight itself is operated by a licensed Japanese helicopter operator, with the pilot and liability insurance in that operator's name. Confirmation, pre-flight support and same-day support in multiple languages are handled by OlaChill.
