Kobe Day 2 – Mount Rokko, the way up.

Whilst having a relaxing drink yesterday, Diane asked “what shall we do tomorrow, any suggestions?”

“Well one of the main attractions is the Nunobiki herb Gardens and waterfalls on Mount Rokko” I suggested,

” on a mountain? Replies Diane, looking at me suspiciously, ” how do we get there? No more cable cars I hope” obviously thinking back to our trip to Miyajima a few days ago.

“It’s only a short one, just a couple of minutes” I replied, crossing fingers under the table to cover up my lies!

Diane looked suspiciously at me as she agreed. “We can walk down to see the waterfall as well, so only a quick one way trip on the cable car.

A few months ago whilst researching places to go I had read about Mount Rokko, Google told me;

‘Mount Rokko at 931m (3054 feet) is the highest peak in the Rokko mountain range giving spectacular views overlooking the cities of Kobe and Osaka. ‘

Oh well, I thought, as I sipped my rather nice Kirin, Japanese beer, better keep that to myself!

So in the morning we had a nice breakfast of coffee and pastries in the French Boulangerie opposite the hotel we returned to Shin Kobe Station and soon found the entrance to the cable car station next door.

While buying our one way tickets the lady at the ticket office looked at Gary and asked if he was sure he didn’t want a return ticket, ‘it’s quite a long way down, are you sure you can walk that far?’

I was giggling to myself as we got on the cable car,

The door was closed and we were soon on our way up the mountain.

Soon the cable car station loomed above us and Diane started to relax and took some photos. The cable car lurched into the station and she saw the sign “middle station”

“Oh no, not again” exclaimed Diane as our car swung upwards once more. A few minutes later we were at the top on solid ground.

In part 2 we wander around the beautiful gardens and begin our decent of the mountain.

TTFN

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