Kobe Japan

After one day cruising at sea we arrived early in the morning in Kobe our first stop in Japan.

 

 A short walk from the Cruise Ship Terminal and we are Downtown and able to catch the above 'Loop' bus the conductors on the buses are young girls dressed almost like little dolls.

 Shopping markets are rather 'up' market and appear to be a street with a glass canopy.

 Very modern department stores and office buildings downtown.

 The super markets are part of the department stores and we were most interested in the creative meat displays.

 While downtown a parade of black vans with very loud speakers take up much of the street. We were told that they were old soldiers telling of their exploits and the strength of Japan.

 As our ship leaves port it is obvious this is a major export city, construction equipment and cars are lined up for shipment overseas.

We passed rows of container cranes similar to these as we left the port.