Kobe Ryokans - Reviews and Rates

We arrived in Kobe early in the morning and began the clearing process in order to leave the ship. Japan's immigration and customs was the strictest we have seen yet. Everyone had to have their temperature taken and was checked individually. Normally, the passports are all checked together and the ship is cleared as a whole. After finally being ...

I apologise for the lateness post, and of the poor quality of the one yesterday. I have been sleeping badly the last couple of nights; the guy next to me snores horribly. And I have been getting in quite late, when there are many people in the living room, which makes it difficult to concentrate on writing. I have modified the "Kyoto Procession"...

To spice up lessons with a language exchange partner, I suggested we go to visit the Kobe Fruit and Flower Park. During the month of March entrance to the park was free. I was a little weary to hit it up on the last day of the month, thinking it would be crowded, but luckily the dreary weather- which turned into a windstorm midday- kept the cro...

Well, after last night I definitely needed to get away from my apartment for awhile. Thank Goodness we had plans for the long weekend. I met Jessie in Nagoya and we hopped the train to Kobe. I can not wait to get there because I really want to shower and make sure there are no cockroaches anywhere near me! Its about an hour or hour and a half tr...

Week 7 (11.28 - 12.04.04) - Craig's birthday being on Thursday, we decide we should go out all night in Osaka to celebrate the occasion. As I said before, the trains stop running at 12:20, so if you miss the train you pretty much have to get raped by taxis and hotels or just stay out all night. We start at a little joint where we have set up a d...