Sunroute Sopra Kobe

... 7. The restaurants where everyone kneels on the floor with their shoes off. One we went to had a big hot plate where we cooked our own food (mostly cabbage and lettuce and meat). It looked really simple but it tasted really good with loads of flavour. <br>8. The plastic models of the food they have outside restaurants which are all shiny and perfect!<br><br>After Osaka we had a quick day trip to Nara which was the first permanent capital of Japan around 1300 years ago ...

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 ...

--------------------------------------- -<br>091013<br><br>"Osaka: Slight Return"<br><br>by swami_worldtraveler<br><br>INTRO:<br><b r>"Thank you EVERYBODY for making my stay in Osaka GREAT!," I penned on a piece of scrap paper and pinned to the corkboard.<br><br>That was the last I would see of Lemon House and my new friends... I thought.<br><br>-----<br>MODORIMAS! (I'M BACK!)"<br><br>After a jaunt to Nara and Mt. Koya I expected to head south to the island of ...

... br>Wir haben ja schon b**ichtet das es in Nagasaki Adl** gibt wie and**enorts Tauben. Was wir v**gessen haben, es gibt auch Riesenschmett**linge (zumindest haben wir sie oft in Nagasaki gesehen) eine Spannweite von ca. 14 cm. Also hat so etwa ausgesehen wie ein Singvogel bei uns. Leid** waren sie imm** ziemlich schnell, ab** Andi konnte sie dann doch mit d** guten Kam**a **wischen. Zumindest einen. <br>Heute haben wir in Kobe Fled**mäuse ...

... do the job, a mold is utilized, so it is a kind of double fermentation that is more complex and laborious than either beer brewing or wine making. At the end of the tour, we got the drink we had looked forward to, a chilled cup of fresh, unpasteurized sake. Somewhat more alcoholic than the finished, bottled product, it was at once refreshing and warming. We strolled back to the train station lightly abuzz.

... humanely in the open sea. Other interesting observations We noticed a lot of similarities between Korea and Japan; I suppose because Japan occupied Korea for so long. Things that would have surprised me if I hadn't been to Korea last November didn't seem quite so exciting - like baby seats in the women's bathroom stalls and heated toilet seats. I actually got used to using the public toilets where you have to crouch down on the floor, which I was mostly able to avoid ...

... something that was definitely going through my mind as we were riding the cable car! After some strolling and bus riding (Gravol anyone?) around the top of Mt. Rokko, we made our way back down the cable car to the base and boarded a bus for the Kobe Chinatown. Last year we went to the Chinatown in Yokohama and I've always found it interesting that there would be Chinatowns in other parts of Asia such as ...

... The Japanese see the trees as a metaphor for life, "luminous and beautiful yet fleeting and ephemeral". We had just arrived home from Hong Kong during the height of the trees blooming, so we weren't able to view the sakura in some of the 'famous' spots near my town until the following weekend. We drove to Katherine's town, Kozagawa, about 20 minutes away and then drove about 40 minutes into the mountains along the Koza River where there are 100 year old sakura ...

... end up being ripped off, but felt quite shocked and shaken by such a change from the incredible Japanese hospitality and trustworthyness. Fortunately we have met no others like him and have got to see (though thick smog) the Great Wall of CHina, Forbidden Palace and Summer Palace and 2 pretty parks where Chinese people were at their best relaxing, laughing and singing Incredibly tomorrow we are off to Mongolia! So I hope everyone is well and enjoying themselves much love Kerryn

... there seems to be a decent selection, although you do have to root through the stacks to find books of interest to you. I read about this tram, kind of like a ski lift, in the hills of Kobe that lead to a mountainside herb garden and a few trails and decide to see what it is like. While riding the tram, we cruise over the beautifully landscaped herb garden to the top of one of the hills. At the top, there is a herb museum, inside, there are various herbs with ...