Arima Royal Hotel Kobe

... so it was probably for the best!&#12288;Sarah was bloody amazing, it must be said, particularly her medley of album tracks from Avril Lavigne that no one had heard of! The night ended up a bit messy with Richard and Mike (who had inexplicably adopted a scoottish accent for the final two hours of the night!) wrestling for what seemed like hours on the floor outside the karaoke bar which was a bit weird but a good memory in retrospect.<br><br>Anyway, as you can imagine, the ...

... at Steak Ron, delicious Sakuyaki at Hariju and more helpings of takoyaki/okonomuyaki/yakisoba.<br><br>S teak Ron<br>1-10-2 Sonezaki Shinchi, Kita-ku | Umeda, Osaka<br><br>Hariju<br>1-9-26 Nishishinsaibashi Chuo-ku Osaka<br><br>Takontetsu (Pizza Ball House)<br>1-9-20 Maru Bldg Umeda 1 Chome <br>

... it, anything else is just second best!:)<br><br>So, what is kimchi? Well, kimchi is a traditional Korean pickled dish made of vegetables and seasoning, with cabbage as a main ingredient, often. For more, go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi.<br ><br>HOT SAUCE! I like spicy, but not too hot, so I refrained from the "contest." Canadian Mike put a generous portion of pain on his fingertip, then devoured it in one lick.<br><br>"It's not that hot," he ...

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What is your image of Kobe Beef? For us, it is the highest quality beef in the world, coming from happy cows that are fed well, massaged each night, and fed beer to help them chill out! Well...wouldn't we all be happy with a massage and beer every night! So we were expecting Kobe city to be a rural paradise, filled with moooing cows and Japanese farmers. Not even close! Kobe is a big shipping city ...

Kobe. This is where we met up with Yoshiko again and we went to Harima-cho to stay with her parents for a few days. My sister, Ali, was on the JET programme a few years ago and she lived in Harima-cho for a year and got very friendly with Yoshiko and her family. Yoshiko then came to Portobello and lived with my parents for 6 months - some of you might remember her. So this is how we know Yoshiko. It was great to see how Japanese really live. Yoshikos mum ...

... have a LOT of JETs, they have even more schools, so the Kobe JETs get rotated around the schools. Some JETs will work at a school for a full year (or longer if they're lucky) and other JETs will change schools each term. I am hoping to spend the entire year at my next school, just because the longer I stay the better I can learn the students' names and their abilities. But I won't ...

... her English teacher) and it was a bit of a relief when we headed back to the hotel and could leave them to their clearly quite awkward evening! Day two in Ky&#333;to dawned with rain, and lots of it. Undeterred and covered in Gortex (a favourite look of Fiona's as you can imagine...) we headed out into town to do some sightseeing around Ky&#333;to's many temples (there are over 1,600 Buddhist temples, 200 Shinto shrines and 3 Imperial Palaces in and around Ky&#333;to!). We ...

Well, I found my way to the ferry terminal and made it through customs without having to give up my gaijin card. Those customs officials are so gullible. Ha! So I'm on the boat, staring out at the Kobe harbour and hoping that any minute now, we're going to leave.

... the sort of thing one couldn't do back in America, but what the hell? Cool undersea life is still cool in Japan. The aquarium didn't disappoint. Well, except for the food, which was as ****** and expensive as it would have been in a museum or aquarium back in America. I spent ¥500 for a Dixie cup full of soda and a hot dog jammed onto a stick - the classic carnival trick that makes you think you're getting something special when all you're really doing is helping them save money on ...