Meriken Park Kobe

Kobe , Hyogo, Kinki, Japan
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  • 1

    Kobe, Day 1

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    ... tourist attraction (Maran was not impressed with the lack of authentic Chinese signs, food and people) and harbourfront Meriken Park with an impressive Kobe Tower and a beautiful Kobe Maritime Museum. After walking around the park, we hopped ...

  • 2

    A day in Kobe

    ... much that can be reached on foot. Thank heavens for malls! Tuesday took the bullet train to Kobe. Managed to see Meriken Park (where the Kobe tower is) and also the 1995 earthquake memorial. They decided to leave that stretch of the harbour the way it ...

  • 3

    Luminarie & Nanjing-machi (Kobe Chinatown)

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    ... parked on the day. Anyway, we had 5 hour free time in Kobe. So we headed for Port of Kobe Earthquake Memorial Park, which is a part of Meriken Park. (Meriken comes from "American" in Japanese accents.) There is a preserved remnant from the earthquake ...

  • 4

    Day 4 - Day Trip to Kobe

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    ... Kobe. After the train then subway then walk ...and walk..and walk , finally reached Meriken Park by the waterfront. The Great Hanshin earthquake (aka Kobe earthquake) occurred at 5:46 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17, 1995. There was a ...

  • 5

    Arrival in Japan

    ... UCLA. She took us by ferry to the Kobe port and then by cab to the hotel. We checked into our hotel, the Meriken Park Oriental, then walked to meet 2 other Japanese colleagues and 2 Chinese here for dinner. We ate a traditional Japanese meal. ...

  • 6

    First conference day down...

    ... cannot live alone. Q: Why is the Swagelok color blue? A: Because it was low-hanging fruit. Q: Why are cranes a symbol for Japan? A: Because monkeys also fall from trees. You get the idea! It was really funny, especially because we had so many ...

  • 7

    Kobe Port

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    ... this before and I think its pretty convenient. After resting for a while, we went out around 6pm heading towards Meriken Park and Kobe Harbourland. From Sannomiya Station to Motomachi Station it is only one stop train ride and cost 120 yen. The train ...

  • 8

    Another good day

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    ... it's gorgeous so worth it. Another cool thing is that the shrine and the temple were both built, like many structures in Japan, with no hardware in the construction. In other words, it's masterful woodworking or mortise and tenons that keeps ...

  • 9

    A day at Arima Hot Springs

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    ... Well, that set us off and we couldn't stop laughing about it. Crazy. Today's adventure started with a shuttle bus to the main Kobe train station terminal. We then took 3 different trains to get to Arima, a town famous for hot springs. It was only ...

  • 10

    Kobe - the day of the bay

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    ... a Starbucks of coffee shop) and headed for our first stop the Meriken Park, Harbour-Land & Nakatottei Pier. Meriken Park is a nice waterfront park in Kobe's port area. Built on an outcropping of reclaimed land, the park is covered in grassy lawn and ...