🇯🇵 Kobe has more than just grilled meat.

🚄 On this trip, we took the train from Osaka to ‘Kobe’ and then took the train to ‘Rokko Station’ and then took bus number 16 to the tram stop.

🏔️ We bought the Rokkosan Tourist Pass in Thailand. This pass covers all travel expenses for the Rokko mountain tour route.

The tram that we took up the mountain is open-air, cutting through the mountain, very close to nature.

On Rokko Mountain, there are buses running in a circle and stopping at various tourist spots. We stopped at

> Rokko Garden Terrace: a viewpoint, shopping, and dining area
> Rokko-Shidare Observatory: a very famous architectural structure in Japan. The creator gave the concept of a large tree standing majestically on Rokko Mountain. Inside is a large hall. The air is cool when it’s hot outside and warm when it’s cold outside.

We took the cable car across the mountain to soak in the onsen in Arima Village. At this point, we had to buy a new ticket, but we could use the Rokkosan Tourist Pass as a discount.

⛲️ Arima Village is famous for its golden onsen, which has properties that help relieve colds. Relieve your aches and pains with a foot soak at Kin No Yu, a free pool that can relieve a lot of aches and pains.

🦀 In the evening, we had a buffet of giant crab legs with the night atmosphere of Kobe at Fisherman's Market.

Honestly, we think that a port city like Kobe has more to do than we thought. It takes about 2 hours from Osaka, easy to get to by train, and is another city that you shouldn't miss when visiting Japan.

📍 Kobe, Japan

Post by rratimama | Apr 24, 2024