{"id":995,"date":"2006-05-06T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-06T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=995"},"modified":"2006-05-06T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-06T09:45:00","slug":"hiking-the-eastern-rokko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=995","title":{"rendered":"Hiking The Eastern Rokko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kuniko had to go in to work this morning, and so I decided to get up early with her and take the trip into Kobe. While she was at work I went hiking on the eastern side of mount Rokko, a place I have never hiked before. <\/p>\n

I started at Rokko Michi station, and headed due north up the hillside. I passed lots of interesting neighborhoods, and it was fun to see a side of Kobe that I haven’t seen before. There was a women’s college up there, and some really interesting apartments built into the side of a hill. I took plenty of pictures, too. Some of them are here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I hiked to the cable car station, and then took that to the top and enjoyed walking around the area. There were a lot of roads and lots of houses – it was like a small town up there. My first stop was a farm and dairy that I have been wanting to visit for a long time. Unfortunately, the farm was more of a petting zoo, and it was a big tourist attraction. To get to the dairy and the cheese you had to pay admission to the petting zoo, and I ended up doing my shopping at a tourist shop just outside the farm. <\/p>\n

I managed to get some cheese there, although their selection was surprisingly slim. I did drink a glass of fresh milk, which was quite good. I also got a chance to buy a local beer, and later in the evening when I drank it it went down quite well. Very good, but a little too expensive. <\/p>\n

I made the long descent down the hill into Kobe, and the downhill trek took almost an hour. It would have taken a lot longer going up that way – I’m glad I took the cable car. Back down in Kobe I bought a few games for the Nintendo, and that was quite an experience. I knew about a used game shop in Sannomiya, but I haven’t actually been inside. I went today thinking I might save some money, and it turned out that there were games there, but not the games that I was looking for. The games all had anime pictures of girls in short skirts and there were just guys buying them. Yikes – I got out of there quick.<\/p>\n

Finally I picked up what I needed, and met up with Kuniko. We met up for some lunch, and then did a little shopping around the area. Finally we came on home and we’ve been resting our weary feet. Kuniko cooked a really good dinner – a garlic, shrimp and rice dish with miso soup. I think the rest of the evening will be more of the same, and then tomorrow we’ll try to enjoy our last day of this long vacation. <\/p>\n

We are close to getting our tickets booked for Europe this August. It is turning out to be a real adventure. More on that later…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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