Day 4 - Kobe
On Friday we woke up to SNOW in Kyoto! Very pretty and fun walking to the bus stop. After a few delays on the train (I guess due to the snow) we arrived in a sunny but freezing Kobe.
First stop was Merikan Park where there is an earthquake memorial and a section of the port which has been left as it was after the quake. Pretty scary to see how much damage was done in the area - and then look up to the multi-storyed freeway running past the waterfront!
We also visited Chinatown, which wasn't sposed to be all that great (as far as Chinatowns go) according to LP, but we enjoyed the food for sure! Did a wee bit of shopping and then made our way to lunch.
I wanted to go to a Kobe beed restaurant recommended by LP for lunch as lunch deals in Japan are always fantastic value (particularly compared with the dinner menu!). We spent ages wandering up and down this particular street and being very confused that the place we were looking for seemed to be another cafe who happened to be celebrating their 6th birthday. My copy of LP is not that old!
When Sarah managed to have a look at the map, it transpired that someone had been looking for the wrong restaurant. In fact, the whole time we were actually "looking for" the 6-yr-old cafe. Oops.
Eventually we found Wakoku Beef and it was so worth it. Absolutely amazing food and a great show by the chef who made sure to tell us how to use every condiment and when we were sposed to eat what.
The next big adventure was the Herb Garden and cable car. We took the cable car up the hill and wanted to walk down. Didn't look too difficult. Until we found the goat track that meandered all the way down and all the way back UP the hill before taking us back to Shin-Kobe station. Not such a good idea at 4pm in the afternoon (sunset isn't long after 4.30) when it's been snowing intermittently all day. Oh well, it was good exercise and we felt rather proud of ourselves at the end!
First stop was Merikan Park where there is an earthquake memorial and a section of the port which has been left as it was after the quake. Pretty scary to see how much damage was done in the area - and then look up to the multi-storyed freeway running past the waterfront!
We also visited Chinatown, which wasn't sposed to be all that great (as far as Chinatowns go) according to LP, but we enjoyed the food for sure! Did a wee bit of shopping and then made our way to lunch.
I wanted to go to a Kobe beed restaurant recommended by LP for lunch as lunch deals in Japan are always fantastic value (particularly compared with the dinner menu!). We spent ages wandering up and down this particular street and being very confused that the place we were looking for seemed to be another cafe who happened to be celebrating their 6th birthday. My copy of LP is not that old!
When Sarah managed to have a look at the map, it transpired that someone had been looking for the wrong restaurant. In fact, the whole time we were actually "looking for" the 6-yr-old cafe. Oops.
Eventually we found Wakoku Beef and it was so worth it. Absolutely amazing food and a great show by the chef who made sure to tell us how to use every condiment and when we were sposed to eat what.
The next big adventure was the Herb Garden and cable car. We took the cable car up the hill and wanted to walk down. Didn't look too difficult. Until we found the goat track that meandered all the way down and all the way back UP the hill before taking us back to Shin-Kobe station. Not such a good idea at 4pm in the afternoon (sunset isn't long after 4.30) when it's been snowing intermittently all day. Oh well, it was good exercise and we felt rather proud of ourselves at the end!
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