Himeji and Kobe, Japan

Himeji

Not much to report here. Himeji has Japan's best castle and Sophie has decided that I love castles (I do quite like them) so we thought we'd better take a quick look. The tower was closed so we just had a quick wander around, took a few photos...

It was a little drizzly so we decided to spend tthe afternoon Xmas shopping. I even tried to win some presents at the arcade, but failed miserably (it was fixed!).

Kobe

We used Kobe as a base for 4nights for visiting surrounding places (including Himeji). We had a cheapish hostel with our own bunk bed room. It was a little tight, especially as we had to hang washing up due to the rain outside...

No pictures of Kobe really. We ate well and spent more time trawling the shops, but it was mainly just a comfortable base. We didn't even try Kobe beef, although, as most of it comes from Oz, we can always grab some there... We did on the other hand get into tempura; a cheap and tasty restaurant that we were addicted to.