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Kobe Japan

Well I hardly know what to say.

I spent hours doing research about Kobe Japan and the Kobe that I saw in YouTube videos was not the Kobe that I came to

I did not just use YouTube videos to research Kobe I did other research as well

Because I have been losing my post after a lot of typing, I am going to post a little at a time and then update v

The videos and other research indicated that Kobe was a beautiful port with lots to do. You could just walk off your ship and you were there. There was an aquarium, there was shopping and eating. There was a tower. There was Harbor Land.

That is not my experience. And I am confused.

Maybe The Spirit berthed elsewhere than expected.

We had a lot of walking just to get off of the ship. We went up and down and long corridors. We arrived at an Arrival Hall. There was visitor information . And we went outdoors. But we walked out to lots of concrete and freeways. It could have been Chicago

Norwegian offered a free shuttle to a beautiful downtown area, very upscale. And then I took a hop on hop off trolly around the center of Kobe. It may have been the third stop when came to the area that I had seen in YouTube videos.

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Kobe is not great for typical tourist stuff.

One option would be to take a train or tour to Himeji. The castle there is one of my favorite places. Also the Shoshazan Engyoji Temple is well worth seeing, it was a filming location for The Last Samurai