29-MAY-2010
Free Samples
After learning the art and method of sake making, we ended our tour of the Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing Co. 菊正宗 in its gift shop, with free samples of its sake and plum liqueur.
The rice and water from the Kobe area is perfect for brewing sake.
29-MAY-2010
At the Port of Kobe
Later this evening, we will view this area again, from Kobe Mosaic on the other side.
29-MAY-2010
Shopping in Kobe
Across the Meriken Road from Dismaru 大丸神戸店, John explained the layout of Kobe's main shopping district as two parallel streets running east-west.
On the north is the covered shopping street of Motomachi
元町.
On the south is Nankinmachi
南京町, Kobe's Chinatown.
29-MAY-2010
Anxious for a Taste of Kobe Beef
We reached a street full of dining choices, north of the Sannomiya Station 三宮駅. While the 神戸牛 ステーキ 専門店 restaurant on 6/F is large enough to accommodate many groups of our size, the small and slow elevator is the bottleneck. John was explaining the complicate route to more elevators on the other sides of the building. After arriving on separate elevators, we were not disappointed.
