Kobe Japan

     Spent the morning shopping through Chinatown in Kobe.  Seems ironic somehow, (Chinatown in Japan).

After a long, slow, seemingly endless walk we turned around and walked back out.  And that's shopping.

     The mall looks like they built a ceiling over the road to catch rain and keep shoppers from getting wet.

     As we were leaving Chinatown we were approached by a group of high school kids from Osaka that wanted to interview us.  We were happy to oblige them but didn't feel like I provided much to their education.

    Then we hopped on the green tour bus and rode around Kobe.  Then we hopped on the shuttle back to the ship and here we are.

Kobe is a very clean place.  Oddly, there are very few trash containers.  So one wonders where do people dispose of trash?  Does everyone walk around with a pocket full of tissues and gum wrappers all day?  The weather here is lovely today, must be around 70.

Have not yet quaffed a local beer, but the day's not over...  Stay thirsty my friends. :)