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Onsenji Temple and the ropeway station.33 views
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The seventh public bath I saw. I entered this one called Kou-no-Yu named after the Oriental white stork. Kinosaki Onsen's oldest hot spring where an Oriental white stork was bathing in the hot spring to heal wounds. That's how the onsen started.33 views
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About Kou-no-Yu. 鴻の湯33 views
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Kobe Port Tower pillar. Amazingly thin.32 views
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All the decks on Kobe Port Tower. 32 views
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Kobe Port32 views
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Kobe Port Tower view of Kobe and Rokko mountains.32 views
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Restaurant includes this Kobe Port Tower rice.32 views
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About Meriken Pier.32 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.32 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.32 views
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Gate to Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown.32 views
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The Galleria has another corridor of lights.32 views
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People lined up to donate money and ring this bell.32 views
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The crowd going home. Most went to Sannomiya Station.32 views
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The street in front of Toyooka Station is lined with shops too. Sun Stork Avenue.32 views
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Toyooka City Hall32 views
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The theater's original front entrance that is not used anymore because of the road right in front. They now use a side entrance.32 views
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Theater entrance on the side. The theater is a short walk from the Izushi bus stop and Izushi Castle.32 views
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Inside Eirakukan. You can freely tour inside the theater. Very impressive and rare glimpse of a Meiji Period theater. 32 viewsThat's the hanamichi on the left. You can walk on it too.
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View from the stage.32 views
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Inside a booth for instrument players.32 views
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Dressing room.32 views
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Dressing room.32 views
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Way to Izushi Castle and Shinkoro Clock Tower.32 views
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Castle moat.32 views
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Stone work on Izushi Castle.32 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret is not open to the public. 西隅櫓32 views
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East Corner Turret.32 views
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Ariko-yama Inari Jinja Shrine atop Izushi Castle's main foundation. 有子山稲荷神社 32 views
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About the Samurai residence.32 views
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Kinosaki Onsen's main highlight are its seven public hot spring baths (sotoyu 外湯). Some of them look palatial, and they are all distinctly different, the baths, decor, etc.32 viewsKinosaki Onsen has a long history of 1,300 years. A favorite hot spring for centuries.
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Scenic train ride from Toyooka to Kinosaki Onsen.32 views
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JR Kinosaki Onsen Station on the JR San'in Line.32 views
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Sato-no-Yu Onsen さとの湯32 views
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Walking further along the main drag, some pictureque buildings. Kinosaki Onsen is a compact hot spring town, most things are within walking distance.32 views
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Even the convenience stores were designed to blend in with the local townscape. 32 views
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The second public bath I came across is Jizo-yu.32 views
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Jizo-yu public bath in Kinosaki Onsen, Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture. Open 7:00 am–11:00 pm, closed Fri. 地蔵湯32 views
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Kinosaki Onsen's roadside shrines for Kishimojin goddess and Life-prolonging Jizo for the protection of children. 鬼子母善神32 views
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Ichinoyu public bath. Went in this one. 一の湯32 views
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Gosho-no-yu (御所の湯). It means "Imperial Palace Hot Spring." Open 7:00 am–11:00 pm, closed on the first and third Thursdays of the month.32 views
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Entrnce hall of Gosho-no-yu (御所の湯). Men's entrance on the right. The outdoor bath faced a waterfall. Very nice. I got no bath photos because a few naked men were there.32 views
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Very nice outdoor bath. Large entrance hall or lobby of Gosho-no-yu (御所の湯).32 views
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On a side street, the Mandala-yu (Mandara-yu) public bath. Open 3:00 pm–11:00 pm, closed Wed. Has close connection with the priest Dochi (道智上人) considered to be the founder of Kinosaki Onsen in the 8th century.32 views
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Gokurakuji Temple's rock garden.32 views
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Walking further toward Onsenji Temple.32 views
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Kinosaki Onsen's hot spring source.32 views
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The small shack on the right is a foot bath. In the background is the ropeway station to Onsenji Temple. 32 views
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Hot spring foot bath. There are so many free foot baths in Kinosaki Onsen.32 views
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The gift shop had onsen eggs for sale. Locally-grown, organic raw eggs. This was popular.32 views
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Welcome to Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway.32 views
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On the summit of Mt. Daishi is this ropeway station with a cafe inside and lookout deck on the roof.32 views
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Ring of wisdom. Throw clay dishes to the target. かわらけ投げ32 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway's Onsenji Station.32 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway's Onsenji Station.32 views
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"Onsenji" means "Hot Spring Temple." 温泉寺32 views
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Onsenji Temple's Hondo main hall.32 views
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Otagaki Shiro is also famous for building Kurobe Dam completed in 1963 in Toyama Prefecture to supply electric power to the Kansai Region. He also proposed building Japan's first nuclear power plant at Mihama, Fukui Prefecture completed in 1970.32 views太田垣士郎翁資料館
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Entrance to the men's bath and rest area. 鴻の湯32 views
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Otani River and willow trees.32 views
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Approaching Kobe Port Tower, built in 1963 on the fringe of the waterfront Meriken Park.31 views
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1st floor of Kobe Port Tower.31 views
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Kobe Port31 views
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View of Kobe and Rokko mountains from Kobe Port Tower.31 views
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For photos31 views
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Window looking down.31 views
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Kobe Port Emigrant Ship Boarding Monument31 views
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Kobe's emigrant history.31 views
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About Meriken Park.31 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.31 views
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Shopping arcade in Kobe.31 views
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Joined the line at about 4:45 pm. The lights were to turn on at 5 pm.31 views
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Well before 5 pm, people already lined up and waited to see Kobe Luminarie. "Luminarie" means "illuminations" in Italian.31 views
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Kobe Luminarie's Cassa Armonica (カッサ・アルモニカ).31 views
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There were also souvenir booths in the park.31 views
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The sidewalk lined with shops have a roof so we're okay even on rainy days.31 views
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Toyooka City Hall31 views
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Toyobra bag shop on Caban Street.31 views
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The hanamichi on the left. You can walk on it too.31 views
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Stage as seen from the back row.31 views
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Side seats.31 views
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Very retro.31 views
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The revolving stage (mawari-butai). Above the stage in the back are dressing rooms for the performers. Normally hidden by a curtain.31 views
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Booth for instrument players.31 views
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Go downstairs to the basement too.31 views
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They turn the rotating stage by hand.31 views
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Stage wheels on a rail.31 views
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Basement passage to the other end of the theater.31 views
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When visiting Toyooka, visiting Izushi is also highly recommended. Short bus ride from JR Toyooka Station to the Izushi bus stop here.31 views
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In Japanese, Izushi is written as 出石 which we may normally pronounce in other ways. So even the local bus makes its clear with hiranaga on how it's pronounced. Very unusual pronunciation.31 views
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Izushi Castle is on a low hill. Only some steps to climb.31 views
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Pulling out weeds from the stone wall.31 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret. 西隅櫓31 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret. 西隅櫓31 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru has a large stone foundation for the main tower,31 views
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Izushi Castle's West Corner Turret.31 views
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Entrance to the path of torii gates to Ariko-yama Inari Jinja Shrine atop Izushi Castle's main foundation. 有子山稲荷神社31 views
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Torii gates to Ariko-yama Inari Jinja Shrine atop Izushi Castle's main foundation. 有子山稲荷神社31 views
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The torii gate path goes along the east side of Izushi Castle.31 views
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Ferns and trees make the place solemn.31 views
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Shinkoro Clock Tower as seen from Izushi Castle.31 views
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Walking further along the picturesque river.31 views
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Willow trees along the river at Kinosaki Onsen spa.31 views
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Otani River has four stone bridges and each one has a name.31 views
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Ichinoyu public bath. 一の湯31 views
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Men's indoor bath at Ichinoyu.31 views
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Ichinoyu's outdoor bath is in a small cavern.31 views
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Main drag outside Ichinoyu.31 views
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Next public bath looks like a Buddhist temple or palace. It's Gosho-no-yu (御所の湯). 31 views
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Side street has a Benzaiten shrine. Benzaiten is the goddess of water and music.31 views
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"Zen"31 views
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Gokurakuji Temple's main hall was rebuilt in 1921 after a fire in 1912 destroyed the previous hall. 本堂31 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway car. Mostly standing room only. Note that the ropeway is closed on the second anf fourth Thursdays of the month.31 views
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Kobe Port Emigrant Ship Boarding Monument30 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.30 views
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The pier that damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 has been retained as is.30 views
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Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown.30 views
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Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown.30 views
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This was a Saturday, which happened to be the most crowded evening for the lights. About 559,000 people came to see Kobe Luminarie this Sat. evening. Even before 4:30 pm, the crowd starts near Motomachi Station.30 views
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Kobe Motomachi shopping arcade across from Daimaru Dept. Store.30 views
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Passing by Ikuta Shrine's torii.30 views
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The line was long and crowded, but it moved along quite well.30 views
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Near Daimaru Dept. Store at around 5 pm. We were to turn left before Daimaru. This area used to be Kobe's foreigner settlement in the late 19th century.30 views
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Some lights on trees next to Daimaru. The line proceeded pretty quickly after the lights turned on at 5 pm on Sat.30 views
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Galleria Coperta (ガレリアコペルタ).30 views
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Kobe Luminarie is made possible by many corporate sponsors and donations from the public. When you put in a coin, etc., into the front slot, the box lights up and I think the doll inside dances or something.30 views
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After the Galleria, you end up at a large park called Higashi Yuenchi (東遊園地). The park has more lights. Very impressive. 30 views
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This park has twin walls of lights called "Spalliera" (スパッリエーラ). It's like a decorated backboard.30 views
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Promoting Rugby World Cup in 2019. Kobe is one of the venues.30 views
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Always a reminder of what this city is famous for. Oriental white stork tiles on the sidealk.30 views
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Caban Street is lined with several bag shops. カバンストリート30 views
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Toyobra bag shop on Caban Street.30 views
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How Toyooka became a bag-producing city. 30 views
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Artisan Avenue sells high-end bags of all kinds made in Toyooka. These ones are similar to the ones that were first made in Toyooka.30 views
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There are many bag companies here, most are high-end bags costing tens of thousands of yen. Some of them supply materials to world-famous bag makers.30 views
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Even the mail box on Caban Street is designed like a bag...30 viewsTheir official website: http://cabanst.com/
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Izushi also has Eirakukan (永楽館), the Kansai Region's oldest kabuki theater built in 1901. It closed in 1964 due to the spread of television and other diversions.30 viewsYears later, the theater was renovated and reopened in 2008. The theater puts on performances occasionally.
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The theater is in Izushi's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).30 views
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Theater lobby.30 views
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Theater lobby.30 views
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Dressing room.30 views
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The Izushi bus stop is conveniently located near Izushi Castle.30 views
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Some stone walls and foundations still remain.30 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret. 西隅櫓30 views
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East Corner Turret.30 views
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East Corner Turret.30 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru has a large stone foundation for the main tower,30 views
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Entrance to Sato-no-Yu Onsen. I didn't go in this one though. さとの湯30 views
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Inside Ichinoyu public bath. Men's bath entrance on the left. 一の湯30 views
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Kiyamachi Koji shopping complex.30 views
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Gokurakuji Temple30 views
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Lower lookout deck.29 views
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Nankinmachi is Kobe's Chinatown.29 views
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For 10 evenings every December near JR Motomachi Station in Kobe, the beautiful Kobe Luminarie holiday lights are displayed amid massive crowds. This is Motomachi Station with a banner pointing the way.29 views
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The line formed along these wide roads that were blocked off from traffic. 29 views
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Entrance called the Frontone (フロントーネ). It looks like a cathedral. Very impressive.29 views
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Galleria Coperta (ガレリアコペルタ).29 views
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Kobe Luminarie's Galleria Coperta (ガレリアコペルタ) in Dec. 2018. Reminds me of the Galleria in Milan. Distinctly Italian. 29 views
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Side of the Galleria.29 views
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Flanked by twin Pisa-like towers, the center had the Cassa Armonica (カッサ・アルモニカ).29 views
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Kobe Luminarie's Cassa Armonica (カッサ・アルモニカ).29 views
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Booth promoting Rugby World Cup in 2019. Kobe is one of the venues.29 views
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The area near JR Toyooka Station is also nice for walking around. In front of the station is Aity, a shopping complex. Where I went for groceries and dinner.29 views
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Tobacco shop selling cigarettes. This kind of shop will likely become obsolete in Japan.29 views
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Nice bags at Artisan Avenue.29 views
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Caban Street also had this place to repair or clean your bag.29 views
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The hanamichi on the left. You can walk on it too and feel like a kabuki actor...29 views
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Castle wall.29 views
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Atop Izushi Castle's main foundation also gives great views of Izushi.29 views
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Views of Izushi from Izushi Castle.29 views
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Ryokan inn.29 views
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Kobe Luminarie finally in sight. Everybody was amazed and thrilled as we got closer and closer...28 views
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Kobe Luminarie's Frontone (フロントーネ) in Dec. 2018.28 views
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Tunnel of lights called the Galleria Coperta (ガレリアコペルタ). It goes on for 50 meters. They are all LED lights, 510,000 of them.28 views
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Kimono shop.28 views
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Vintage building housing a restaurant.28 views
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Caban Street in Toyooka, Hyogo. カバンストリート28 views
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Insde Artisan Avenue.28 views
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Walk until you reach Caban Street. "Caban" or "kaban" means "bag." Not shopping bag, but ladies' bags, briefcases, etc.カバンストリート27 views
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Another bag shop on Caban Street.27 views
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On the left is a cloth bag vending machine.27 views
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Caban Street also had this place to repair or clean your bag.27 views
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