After the herb gardens, we headed into the city. First stop was Chinatown. But first, manhole covers.
I love Japanese manhole covers. |
As you can see, a Chinatown is a Chinatown is a Chinatown. It's pretty much like any other Chinatown I've been to, unless there was something super amazing there that I missed. I wasn't really hungry while I was there, but Kevin and I had to try some Kobe beef while in Kobe. So from a streetside stall we got a small tray.
This tiny tray cost $10.00! And you know what? It didn't taste like anything special. It was cooked nicely, but it was chewy, and it didn't melt in my mouth the way I was expecting it to, like Wagyu beef. It could just be that we chose a bad place to try it, and It's definitely something that I would try again at a proper restaurant.
There were tons of other street side stalls, and I had to try something.
Look at dem pigs ears |
I got one of these things. Pork, braised, but it got pretty dry. Not bad, but not the best.
Okay I took a picture of this lady's stall because of the ad below. The airplane ad? What is going on there??
I think we all need one of these couches in our lives.
ADORABLE |
This was a really cool shopping arcade that was wider than any of the others I'd ever seen. I really wanted to go down it, but sadly we needed to move on.
Owl cafe! |
We headed down to the harbor to see that iconic Kobe harbor view. Down there, there was an Anpanman museum for the kiddies, right next to a giant ferris wheel.
I'm guessing Anpanman is from Kobe because he and his friends were everywhere. Clearly I know nothing about Kobe.
But that view...
Kobe had a lot of statues and sculptures, I noticed. Here's a giant giraffe:
And here's...uh...butts and torsos...?
Kobe is also home to the Tetsujin 28-Go robot, which I really wanted to see, but damn it was so many trains stops away! I was so tired, my feet hurt, and I was really tired of trains by then, so I said forget it and went back to Osaka. Overall, Kobe was another one of those cities that I underestimated. It's huge, like Kyoto. Trying to do everything in one day is impossible. But, I think I got to see most of what I wanted to see there, and it was fun!
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