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Travel Blogs from Kobe
Day 18: Kobe Luminarie, Ropeway & Donkey Surprise
... bus was due at 3pm, and as it was 2:45pm we decided to wait for it. And wait. And wait. at around 3:20pm a little man working for the bus company came out and told everyone something, something, something, bus, something, something, Shin-Kobe, something, something, deray, something, something. Veronica translated this to mean that due to the setting up of provisions for Luminarie (which wasn't due to start for 2 hours yet) that the bus was ...
Kobe- Goldilocks and the 3 hotel rooms!
... called Ikuta Road (Kitano District) where there were many different restaurants – French, Indian, swiss, etc and the streets were narrow and very steep and as we were keen to get up to the lookout, we walked up and up and even more up the steep roads to a lookout over the city just in time to see the sun set of Kobe city and take some photos of the city. God, the smog here is unbelievable, we thought Los Angeles was bad but that was pure air compared to the foul ...
Osaka
... out how to buy tickets or find your platform. It's a rather enjoyable challenge and adventure after you learn to stop feeling like you have to rush.
Nara was the capital city before Kyoto (which was the capital before Tokyo) and we had a pleasant walk around a wooded hillside past lots of, you guessed it, temples and shrines. It was rather similar to walking around Kyoto but a little less crowded and made for an enjoyable ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking