Kobe Kitano Hotel

... refurbished but we managed to find a spot a bit North to get some classic tourist Shanghai photos before going home.<br><br>The next day was a bit more wandering around in the city centre including a brief stop in the `People`s` Garden where no one was allowed to walk on the grass and if you did then a policeman would blow a whistle at you - it was the poor guy`s only job, he was there all day! Next stop was the antique market where there were hundreds of stalls ...

Seconds please. I had to go back to Osaka, one way or another (my return flight was leaving from here). Ate just as well if not better than the first go around. Went to the Takoyaki museum at Universal city walk but it was more tako vendors than museum, not such a bad thing. Had simply amazing Kobe ...

... but man what an experience that was! See my two blogs: 1) "Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Day 1" (http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/swami_worldtrav/4/1255704628/tpo d.html); and 2) " A-BOMB DOME REVISITED " (http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/swami_worldtrav/4/1255705407/tpo d.html).<br><br>Anyhow, I enjoyed the last of my time with friends at Lemon House then packed for my trip to Hiroshima via the Shinkansen bullet train.<br><br ...

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... will carry us into the next year. We ended the meeting with one final lunch together and then had free time. I got to shop a bit with Dagmar (one of our agency partners from Cleveland) and we have a lovely time. It was nice to spend some one-on-one time and get to know her better even though we've chatted many times before now. We went to a shopping area a few blocks from our hotel in Kobe city center and got to see some more of the stores where the locals may ...

... sad to say goodbye to Michi in Kobe Station. She'd taken 4 days out of a busy scheduled, not to mention all the preparation time to pretty much enable me to overdose on Japanese culture and sights. I honestly could not have seen as much on my own and she'd enabled me to see so much within Kyoto, Hiroshima and Kobe areas. Michi - thank you so much! You are an amazing person to have done so much and it's obvious you are very proud of Japan!

... Ehepaar sowie dessen Tocht** (Zufall 1: l**nt g**ade fu** ihre Steu**b**at**pruefung) und d**en Kind (3 Jahre). D** Sohn (Zufall 2: witzig**weise CPA) hat mit sein** Familie nahe Kyoto gewohnt. Familienleben pur war also garanti**t und obwohl ich mich mit dem Kind nur mittels ein** Hand voll Worte v**staendigen konnte, habe ich doch einen tauglichen Spielgefaehrten abgegeben. Grossen W**t wurde auf gutes Essen gelegt: Brot wurde selb** gebacken, alles wurde frisch ...

... been informed has some excellent shopping. Shinsaibashi turned out to be this arcade full of hundreds, or perhaps thousands of shops, cafes and restaurants. I never found out how long the arcade was because I didn't even make it to either end. I just kind of wandered along and behaved like a rabbit caught in headlights. Wild neon signs, ridiculous high pitched music, men in tracksuits screaming into microphones, demanding people to ...

... ponds on the far side of the complex provide for more quiet contemplation, with a stillness only occasionally broken by ripples in the water made from restive turtles and carps. Leaving the temple, we turned down some stone stairs leading to a series of traditional flagstoned streets lined with purveyors of the finest Kyoto arts and crafts. And there, at the head of the stairs, we saw them - four ornately dressed geisha in full regalia, with the signature white makeup carefully applied ...

... universally understood and beloved? Mos Burger is pretty good as far as greasy fast food fare goes. Maybe a bit smaller in circumference than a Wendy's burger, but thicker. Plus, unlike Wendy's and most other American fast food sliders, I didn't feel sick a half hour after eating it. The rain started up again, so we decided to hit the covered shopping arcade and look at records and poke through a department store full of clothing both fashionable and not so fashionable. They had ...