Arima View Hotel Kobe
292-2 Arima-cho, Kita-ku Kobe, Hyogo, Kinki, 651-1401, Japan
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Day 18: Kobe Luminarie, Ropeway & Donkey Surprise
... way through the streets of Kobe, finally reaching Luminarie at around 9pm. Absolute insanity. I can't find attendance figures on the net at this stage, but it would be a staggering number of people marching through the streets to see it.
After 3 hours of shuffling, we cleared the bottlenecks in the path, and the pace quickened to almost walking pace for most of the remainder of the snaking journey through the streets. When we arrived at ...
Kobe-best laid plans of mice & men no truer words!
... till the train came to take us back Mikage where we had come from – god, it was so funny!!!! As we were waiting for the train to take us back Mikage, Bill looked at his map again and found in fact, we didn’t even want to be at Mikage station but one after that which was Sumiyashi station!!!! By now, we were rolling around the platform laughing and laughing!! We were both writing the blog out loud to each other making every story bigger than the previous ...
From Kyoto to Nara
... world. The best time to go is at 8.30am in the morning before all the tour groups arrive. ;-)
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My second day in Nara, I met with Misato, a Nara student guide volunteer. We had a fantastic time staying out of the touristy area and walking up Mt. Wakakusa from which one has an excellent view of Nara. We then continued down the 4.6 km forest trail that connects Nara with Yagyu. The day spent with her was well ...
Relax in Arima Onsen
... to inform the receptionist, she spoke English to me. Guess, she overheard our conversation or we don't look Jap! Whew! We had a choice of yukata design, unisex and free size, towels, all neatly placed in a straw bag. The receptionist gave us a map and briefed us. In the ladies changing room, we changed into the yukata, brought our toiletry stuff and locked other personal items into a locker.
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