31 October 2025
Roof appreciation
Sannomiya underground
It was all fun and games until my socks got wet, then I could not wait to get back to my hotel and take them off.
Kobe is probably one of the best places to be stuck in the rain, as long as you are staying somewhere near Sannomiya, and can read a map.
There are 2 levels of undercover, the above ground undercover labyrinth and the below ground labyrinth. I experienced both.
It is also Halloween, but due to the rain I saw almost no evidence of this, I had forgotten about it and then saw a bunch of 'school girls' in blood covered uniforms. I suspect they had used their actual uniforms and were perhaps recent graduates, so I was a bit alarmed at first. However, pretty weak effort, despite everything being coated in orange plastic and fake pumpkins that will be off to the waste incinerator tomorrow, almost zero costumes.
Tomorrow is a hiking day, it might be muddy.
A lot of same same covered shopping and underground shopping photos tonight. This is Motomachi, which basically joins onto my hotel.
Motomachi goes on for a while, around a corner.
It just keeps going.
I decided to go down a level. Here is the map. Good luck.
Underground was much much more busy. No chance of getting into any restaurant down here.
I went back up again, still undercover. This is not Motomachi, but seems to zig zag along for a while until it joins up.
I decided my best bet to get into somewhere to eat was to go out into the rain, which is when my socks got soaked through. Definitely best photo of the night.
So it was time to find a place nearby, and I was the only person in the omurice place surrounded by puddles on all side.