The following day we took the bullet train to Kobe for 3 nights at the Kobe Plaza West Hotel.Was surprised to see a Toyota 2000 GT in the lobby.The hotel is situated on a pedestrianised shopping arcade about a mile long.Gary had lost his reading glasses but found some in the 100Yen (70p) shopWe walked down to the port area expecting to see the Kobe Tower.What we actually saw was this! The tower was undergoing renovation.An impressive hotel by the cruise terminalThe Kobe tower looking very unimpressive. Kobe suffered a massive earthquake in 1995, damaging 240,000 homes killing nearly 5,000 people. A small section of the port area was not rebuilt and has been left as a memorial. In top left of this photo you can see one side of the concrete area moved about 6 feet in 20 seconds , ripping the city in half.The earthquake memorial site.In the last 25 years the city has been rebuilt and strengthened.It was a hot day and we soon found we were in China Town.Not sure what spiderman was doing here.We soon found a little place for a cold beer in ChinatownJapanese phone box
That endedour first few hours in Kobe, more to come tomorrow.
Uncle Bob's Scenic Tours 
and again another fantastic day, strange place to have a beer but it was so much fun
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Was great Diane, and lucky with the weather.
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