Urban Hotel Kobe

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Seuraava ajatus oli, että mennään Kiotoon ja jatketaan siitä Ujiin maistelemaan hiukan aamuteetä, mutta toisin kävi. Yleensä näillä Japan Rail passeilla ei pääse tuohon kaikista nopeimpaan N700 junaan, mutta nyt jostain syystä sellainen kuitenkin laiturille lipui?! Tästä innostuneena päätettiin, että nyt kun kerran kunnon vauhtiin päästään, niin jatketaan kyllä taatusti pidemmälle ...

... noin 10 minuuttia, eikä siinä ehtinyt kuin lyödä ahterinsa penkkiin ja avata teejuoman, niin oltiinkin jo perillä! Shin-Koben asemalta lähdettiin kävelemään (tietysti taas) kohti Kobe Lumierea ja löydettiinkin paikka parin kilometrin talsimisen jälkeen.

Ja kannatti kyllä kävellä, koska tosi komea oli tämä Lumiere ja aivan mielettömästi oli tullut ihmisiä sitä katsomaan. Valoista oli tehty ikään kuin kirkon seinät ja massiivista kirkkomusiikkia raikui ...

... all found it quite hilarious - everyone except for Bridget, anyway! It was back to the train station after our interesting lunch, and then on to Osaka. We had heard that Osaka was the Chicago of Japan, so I was especially eager to get there. By the time we arrived, the sun had set and the rain was still falling heavily, but that didn't stop us from heading out into the city to see what the night would bring. We took the subway into the central shopping district downtown, and ...

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What is your image of Kobe Beef? For us, it is the highest quality beef in the world, coming from happy cows that are fed well, massaged each night, and fed beer to help them chill out! Well...wouldn't we all be happy with a massage and beer every night! So we were expecting Kobe city to be a rural paradise, filled with moooing cows and Japanese farmers. Not even close! Kobe is a big shipping city ...

Kobe, deemed as an melting pot/weaved rug/fruit salad (whatever we're calling it these days), hosts an International Festival each year in May. The festival last all weekend and this year (the 37th) included things such as a parade, band contests, samba, belly ...

... a compass would have come in handy right there in the middle of the second largest city in Japan? I retraced my steps and asked several people for directions to Yodibashi Camera, including the lady in the information center, who was quickly becoming an old friend. Wandered around the urban maze once more like an experimental rat and eventually found the camera store, which brought me to my next problem...finding my way around the ...

... he packed it all back up again. It wasn't over there though, when I came out into the airport I was on my way to the ATM when two plain clothed police men came up to me and gave me the third degree too! What a way to start my trip in Japan. Still they were nice enough about it. I got the train into Osaka and then a metro to the hotel, and yes it is a HOTEL! The metro I very confusing here the ticket machines are a mission all of there own, it's going to take some getting used to! When I ...

Well, I found my way to the ferry terminal and made it through customs without having to give up my gaijin card. Those customs officials are so gullible. Ha! So I'm on the boat, staring out at the Kobe harbour and hoping that any minute now, we're going to leave.

... Canada in June and Noriko is a little hottie office worker. Now, as teachers, we're not supposed to see students outside of the classroom, but I've never been one for following stupid rules, which is why I'm writing about meeting up with two students after school! But, seriously, our best chance at meeting and becoming friends with Japanese people is through school, so why not take advantage of that? Practically everyone does it anyway...I think it's more one of ...