I arrived Kobe in the early morning, this city is located 500 km west of Tokyo, the capital city of where I started my journey, and it has many big ports to serve tourism and industrial. I paid 200฿ for a mini bus ticket to use for one day tour in this area. With this ticket I can took all buses in Kobe unlimited. I started using Kobe travel map instead of Japan map and this helped me to identify where I should visit in Kobe and when the next bus will come. Kobe port tower was the first tourist spot that I visited. I walked around the tower and took some pictures as you may saw in the part 1. Next stop was Kobe downtown which lovely and lively than my previous imagine. The city was full of the flowers and modern well decorated shops. I stopped at a SMEs department store which had a big sign to promote their home made chocolate which is one of my favorite sweet. Inside the building, they was a lot of SMEs shops displayed and sold their product such as Japanese style umbrella, souveniors, traditional sweet and ... of course chocolate. After shop for a while, my Thainess reminded me to ask for the best food of Kobe and I know I have to find Kobe steak. So I ask a shop keeper about where I can have an "Oishi Kobe steak" and he showed me a show that just had won a delicious prize. Lunch time, I sat on a luxury table with a chef. And at that time I was the first customer, so I feel like he serve me as One table one chef!!! He brought a big piece of meat that I ordered and explain me about the test of each part and the best way to eat them. Then he cooked in front of me and gave me many advices. I still have his cooking clip in my computer. I can't say anything but OISHI. I paid only 2,000฿ for a best eating experience in Kobe which I called "Enjoy KOBE BEEF in KOBE". Then I continue my city tour in the afternoon before take a bus to Kobe train station and said goodbye to Kobe. My next stop was Hiroshima where I celebrated Christmas 2008 alone.
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ReplyDeleteIt is a good experience especially with Kobe steak. I want to eat it too you but I haven’t eaten for 7 years. You shouldn’t eat meat either much because it gives your stomach a lot of air. However, in your next trip, don’t forget to take me to Japan with you.