Sunroute Sopra Kobe
1-1-22 Isobedori, Chuo-ku Kobe, Hyogo, Kinki, 651-0084, Japan
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Day 18: Kobe Luminarie, Ropeway & Donkey Surprise
... the Donkey, it began raining. As we were arriving this morning, we saw passengers boarding an "aqua bus" in a nearby carpark. The aqua bus was basically a small road-going bus (4 wheels, licence plates, etc), with seats both in the cabin, and in an open area on the roof, which was also a boat. The bus would drive passengers to the boat ramp, drive down, and simply drive out into the harbour for a tour. We thought that would be a good novelty, so ...
And that's Kobe
This morning I had to catch my bus at 8:00am bound for Kobe. It was a 5 hour bus ride. When I checked in with the bus company, I saw the list of names of the passengers and mine was the only one not in kanji. Obviously, the bus driver knew who I was so that turned out to be really easy. He pointed to my name and I said of course!
When I arrived in Kobe, I met up with the same friend who traveled with me from Kumamoto to Beppu. She was going to host me in Kobe ...
Japan - A Fantasy in Two Acts
... exquisite ceramics and papers, its origami and No theatre, its tea ceremony and sublime lacquer-ware. It is a fantasy - but what is so wrong with a fantasy? It is a fantasy which my snide remarks have beaten with a stick called reality, a fantasy my crude observations have dragged into the light and systematically picked apart. What sort of a person would do that? What sort of a person would rob the one they love of their childhood dreams?
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Osaka
We were disappointed by Osaka as there is not much to see there. Thus the low number of shots we took. It's just a big city with big buildings very much like an american city. The main reason for our stop there was to get our visa for China at the Chinese consulate. I would not recommend stopping here for anyone visiting Japan.
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