Episode 108 - Sake and Beef

Kobe is one of my favourite cities.

Many of the sake makers are in Kobe and many of the manufacturing sites are open to the public. Visitors can take a wine tasting course at some of these sites.

Kobe is also famous for beef.

There are a large number of restaurants in downtown Kobe, offering various beef menus to customers. Not all of them are good. The Kobe beef is very expensive, it is disappointed if you do not get your money's worth. I located a good restaurant in downtown after several trials. Its teppanyaki is fantastic.

I like to walk to this restaurant from the New Kobe Shinkansen Eki, as I can visit the Foreign Buildings District on the way. There are a number of traditional western houses in the district. Many of them were once consulate houses. The house in the photo was once a British Consulate.