Kobe Trip Part 10: Rainy Evening Snaps

[Introduction]

I traveled to Kobe in early March. In Kobe, major tourist spots such as bay area, Kitano Ijinkan-gai and Chinatown were concentrated, which was convenient for tourists. In this article, I will write about evening scene around Chinatown and Old Foreign Settlement as part of Day 3.

[Visit Places (series of articles)]
* Day 1: Fly to Kobe with Skymark
* Day 1: Chinatown and Former Foreign Settlement etc.
* Day 1: Meriken Park and Harborland
* Day 1: Meriken Park and Harborland (Light-up)
* Day 2: Kitano Ijinkan-gai
* Day 2: Ikuta Shrine, Nunobiki Herb Gardens etc.
* Day 2: Kobe Great Bridge (Light-up)
* Day 3: Kobe Oji Zoo
* Day 3: Kobe Animal Kingdom
* Day 3: Chinatown and Old Foreign Settlement (Light-up) [This article]
* Day 4: Himeji Castle
* Day 4: Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
* Day 4: Sannomiya

[Travel Date]
2018.03.08 – 11

[Main Part]

Beef Cutlet @Grill Ippei (グリル一平)

I returned to Sannomiya (三宮). Now I will have dinner, though it was just around 5 p.m.

I visited “Grill Ippei (グリル一平)”, a traditional Western-style cuisine restaurant.

The restaurant featured rice omelet and beef cutlet etc.

I had corn soup, first.

As a main dish, I ordered beef cutlet.

The beef cutlet was medium-rare and it was very delicious.

Kobe Rainy Evening Snaps

It has been raining since noon and I will take rainy evening photos around Sannomiya (三宮) area.

Kobe Sannomiya Center Street (神戸三宮センター街)

I started walking from “Kobe Sannomiya Center Street (神戸三宮センター街)” near Sannomiya (三宮) station.

“Kobe Sannomiya Center Street (神戸三宮センター街)” is a shopping district between Sannomiya (三宮) and Motomachi (元町).

It was an arcade, so visitors were able to enjoy strolling even on a rainy day.

“BE KOBE”.

I stayed at “Kobe Motomachi Tokyu Rei Hotel (神戸元町東急REIホテル)” for the first two nights (see the related article), and when I moved from Sannomiya (三宮) to Motomachi (元町), I often passed the street.

Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street (神戸元町商店街)

Following “Kobe Sannomiya Center Street (神戸三宮センター街)”, there was another shopping district, “Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street (神戸元町商店街)”, and I went around it as well.

Just like “Kobe Sannomiya Center Street (神戸三宮センター街)”, “Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street (神戸元町商店街)” was also an arcade.

Is this a mascot character of “Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street (神戸元町商店街)”?

Chinatown (南京町)

I came to Chinatown (南京町). I had visited Chinatown (南京町) during the daytime of the first day (see the related article), and this time I will take night photos.

Now it was around sunset and the Xi’an Gate (西安門) started light-up.

Due to rain, it seemed the number of people was less than usual.

But, the less crowded street enabled me to take photos easily.

Nankinmachi Square (南京町広場).

The rain weather created a magical atmosphere.

Other snaps.

Kobe Former Foreign Settlement (旧居留地)

Following Chinatown (南京町), I will take evening photos of “Kobe Former Foreign Settlement (旧居留地)”.

I visited “Kobe Former Foreign Settlement (旧居留地)” in the daytime of the first day (see the related article), and this evening, I will focus on around Daimaru (大丸) department store due to the rain.

Across Daimaru (大丸) department store, the entrance of “Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street (神戸元町商店街)” was lighted up colorfully.

Daimaru (大丸) department store looked differently, when I saw it from other angles.

There was a corridor around the building.

It had a retro atmosphere.

Daimaru (大丸) department store in Kobe is sometimes referred to as the most beautiful department store in Japan and I agree with this.

Buildings around Daimaru (大丸) department store were also part of “Kobe Former Foreign Settlement (旧居留地)”.

There were a variety of luxury brand shops.

A photo with a car’s tail lamp.

This intersection was the most impressive, so I took many photos with various angles.

Finally, I took a photo of the entrance of “Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street (神戸元町商店街)” again and I left Motomachi (元町) and “Kobe Former Foreign Settlement (旧居留地)”.

Sannomiya (三宮)

I returned to Sannomiya (三宮) where I have been staying. Along this “Ikuta Road”, there were lots of Kobe beef steak restaurants including “Mouriya”, which I visited on the previous day (see the related article).

Around Sannomiya station.

I stopped by “Nishimura’s Coffee” for a rest.

I had a parfait.

Then, I returned to the hotel and the third day of my Kobe trip was over.

[Closing]

That’s it for the article about evening scene around Chinatown and Old Foreign Settlement as part of Day 3.

The third day of my Kobe trip resulted in a rainy day, which I did’t hope, but I found it was OK in the end. In particular, evening scenes in Chinatown (南京町) and “Kobe Former Foreign Settlement (旧居留地)” became more fantastic thanks to the rain and I was able to take dreamy photos 🙂

In the next article, I will write about Himeji Castle as part of Day 4.

[Map]

1 Grill Ippei
2 Sannomiya Center Street
3 Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street
4 Nankin-machi
5 Daimaru Department Store
6 Nishimura’s Coffee

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