Kobe, Japan

Wednesday, April 10, 2019     Kobe, Japan

                    We arose this morning to find a bone chilling rain occurring with lots of fog. 

                                                            Kobe is a thoroughly modern city....

with mountains in the background. Japanese cities tend to build right up to the edge of the mountain 

                     This beautiful Geisha scene was painted on the wall of the metro station.

We caught the town shuttle bus  to downtown Kobe and  explored the 10 story shopping mall. It was tremendous! Food market in the basement, clothing, jewelry, makeup, shoes….you name it, they had it… everything except good high speed wifi! HA! Everything was so clean and orderly in Kobe….a very modern city. We found a Star Bucks and then....

moseyed through Chinatown.  It seems strange to visit a Chinatown in Japan, but we have found a Chinatown in all of the big Japanese cities.

                               There were lots and lots of world famous Kobe beef restaurants.

                                            Larry had a good sampling of the world famous Kobe beef. 

                      Is that the face of a happy man? I think he is in heaven with the Kobe Beef.

Cold temps and spitting rain made the day a quick ending one.

                                     Off the back of the ship, Kobe has bright night lights.

The ferris wheel was remarkable in that it changed colors and scenes....it had swimming dolphins and sail boats projected across its structure. It was pretty awesome to sit back and watch.

                         Even  the port sign was lit up bright! Kobe was a wonderful city to visit.

We are hoping that the skies are clear to spot Mt Fuji tomorrow.