Yday was the last day in Osaka; time to pack up and change hotel. Instead of the same bread that we had been having for the past 3 mornings, we bought hot bfast from the 7-11. I am actually quite shock at the amount of styrofoam and plastic that were used in Japan. They also gave out individually wrapped wet tissue freely.
We checked out of Art Inn Namba and to the train station for Kobe.
We had an easy day in Kobe. The reason to be in Kobe was for Kobe beef... kidding.. I cant tell the difference between the different beefs and they will be all wasted on me. We came to Kobe solely bcos Kobe has a Mount Rokko with a largely artificial snow resort. Even in late December, Mount Rokko was the only mountain in Kansai area for skiing, especially when we refused to take 2-hr of shinkansen up north.
Kobe has a very different feel from Osaka. It was a lot less crowded.
What attracted me was the many mouth watering bakery. The bread was really good. Yum, yum.
Our 2nd hotel - Candeo hotel, was a stone throw from the mrt station. We were all surprised at how big the hotel was.
Why? Bcos it is my style to book budget hotels during our travel. The hotels are usually part of some other buildings and we were all in awe that mummy booked such an expensive looking hotel this time. Lol. It must be one of the cheaper and available ones that is near to the station when I was doing the booking.
The room was not available until 3pm. We left the luggage and headed to the Kobe Oji Zoo. There was a light drizzle but the kids rather had a nice cooling walk than another train ride. The zoo was about 15 mins walk away.
Interesting shops built under the overhead bridge to maximise space.
We also found Lil Shauna's church on the way!
The Kobe Oji Zoo!
While we had to pay Y600 per adult, kids enter for free.
It was a small zoo but there was plenty to see.
The goose that has the same birthday as Lil Shauna.
Daddy Lim's self attempt.
Lil Shauna helped us with a nice picture.
There was also an amusement park in the zoo and the kids went crazy.
So did I. Haha.
There were baby rides but that didnt stop the kids, especially having missed the roller coaster rides at USJ.
We stopped for lunch before exploring more.
By the time we were back at the hotel, it was already 4pm and our room was ready. Woohoo! The room was big and comfortable. The hotel also comes with free sky spa on the highest 14th floor. We would have loved to try but they discriminate against people with tattoo. We were reduced to dipping in the bathtub instead.
One of our must-dos in Kobe was coin laundry. Hohoho. I was overjoyed to find that we have coin laundry in the hotel.
The kids were happily playing in the room while waiting for the laundry.
The beautiful scene from the 14th floor.
As compared to that of our room... haha. Our semi dried laundry was hung for drying.
The shops closed much earlier in Kobe. By early evening, most of the shops were closed. We had Yoshinoya for dinner and spent the rest of the night on our gadgets. The TV channels in the hotels were horribly limited and all in Japanese lah.
Mummy Lim
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