Kobe & Osaka, December 14th
Trip to China & Japan 2024

When staying in Osaka there are a number of close by cities that can be reached in around one hour. That are Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Wakayama and Himeji.

I discard Himeji as it requires a Shinkansen ticket and I already have been twice in the city (Even that I just saw the castle and its garden in both occasions). For Wakayama, I have never been as it is located a little farther away and I have not found any strong reason to visit. (But I may visit it in the future).

So, Kobe will be my first trip. I visited a couple of new places starting by the Tetsujin 28-go statue. " monument to "Tetsujin 28-go" created in 2009 as a symbol of reconstruction after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake"

My friend is looking for some old Japanese video games and consoles. So, we pass by a second-hand BOOK-OFF store. The first time I went to Japan, a decade ago, it was possible to find all kind of old