From Kyoto to Kobe and evening around Sannomiya

25 November 2016 Having spent the last three days exploring the best sights in Kyoto, our next destination in this trip was Kobe where we would be staying for a couple of days. Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and one of Japan's ten largest cities. Its port was among the first to be opened to foreign trade in the 19th century. Located between the sea and the Rokko mountain range, Kobe is also...

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Trip to Himeji Castle from Kobe

26 November 2016 Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. After breakfast at the bakery at the ground floor of the Sannomiya Terminal Hotel,  we took the JR Special Rapid Service bound for Himeji from the Sannomiya Station. In less than an hour, we were walking out of the JR Himeji Station.  Himeji Castle is about one kilometer down the broad Otemae-dori Street from Himeji...

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Return to the Wakkoqu Kobe beef restaurant and afternoon at Kobe’s historic Kitano-cho district

26 November 2016  Despite having Kobe beef for dinner on our first day in Kobe, our craving for the prized meat still persisted. Our memory of an enjoyable lunch at the Wakkoqu Kobe beef restaurant in spring of 2016 was still fresh in our mind. After visiting Himeji Castle, we decided to have lunch at the Wakkoqu again before exploring Kobe’s Kitano-cho area near there. Wakkoqu is a Kobe-beef...

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