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Travel stories and photos from Kobe, Japan. 10 posts.
Regarding Kobe, I won't draw any definitive conclusions because I was only there for a day, and didn't even stay overnight. However, if I were to offer advice, I would suggest placing Kobe on a second (or even third) itinerary for your trip to Japan. First,…
#Kobe One thing I noticed in Japan is that almost every major city has a kind of "golden district." It's always impeccably clean, beautifully decorated, and well-maintained, and of course, it's full of expensive stores like Gucci, Vuitton, and others. In my…
#Kobe I made it to the dam! It wasn't as huge as I expected, but it's still a cool structure, especially considering it's located right in the forest. From here, the route is quite straightforward – just follow the service paths down to the bottom and then…
#Kobe The most interesting part of the route for me is always to deviate from the well-trodden tourist paths. Even while riding the cable car, I noticed a dam on the slope, and of course, I decided to try to reach it through the forest. AllTrails showed…
#Kobe Not far from the Shinkansen station, there's a cable car that takes you to the nearby mountains. If you go up, you'll find the Nunobiki Botanical Garden at the top. This place is quite local, and there aren't many tourists. There are shops selling…
#Kobe This image caught my eye. You can definitely recognize Japan here, but there's also a certain European vibe to it. What do you think, does it resemble any other country?
Fun fact: In #Kobe, you can find the oldest mosque in Japan, built in 1935. It miraculously survived the bombings of World War II!
It so happens that Kobe boasts a wealth of non-Japanese architecture. In the second half of the 19th century, a foreign settlement was established in the city to facilitate trade. Along with it, houses typical of Europe or America also appeared in Kobe. In…
The most famous invention associated with Kobe, which you might have heard of if you've been to Japan, is Kobe Beef. However, this "invention" is essentially a tourist trap, because it's just regular meat! Yes, it's Wagyu beef, and it's generally tasty, but…
Another third-tier city that I managed to visit during my trip through Japan – the city of Kobe. Quite unremarkable, hidden in the shadow of the nearby metropolis of Osaka, Kobe doesn't attract many tourists. However, it's interesting enough to have…