Before the foreign houses opened, we took the Shin-Kobe Ropeway to the Nunobiki Herb Park on Mount Rokkō.
The view of the city of Kobe from the herb park was limited by the hills.
The stores at the herb park sold all kinds of herb products.
One of the four waterfalls of the Nunobiki waterfalls.
There were lots of blossoming cherries along the way from the ropeway station to the foreign houses.
The French house. Visitor could choose from the different combo tickets to visiting different selections of the foreign houses or bought single tickets for each houses.
I visited the English House first – I was attracted by the silhouette of Sherlock Holmes.
One could tell this was decorated as the room for Holmes from the violin, pipes, and magnifying glass displayed in the room.
The Rhine house was the one of the only foreign houses offered free entrance.
The Scale House was named after the patterns of the tiles on the outside of the house. Visitors often touched the nose of the wild boar for good luck.
The old western style living spaces displayed in the foreign houses.
The Weathercock House was named after the weathercock.
Steak with fried noodles was one of Kobe’s specialties.
There were many small shops in the Kitano Workshop.
To reach the Kikuseidai (Scooping Stars Hill), we had to first take the cablecar...
... then transferred to the ropeway.
View of the Osaka bay under day light.
View of the Kobe city under day light.
There was still time before sunset, so we jumped on the bus that toured the mountain and stopped by the Mount Rokkō Ranch for some ice creams.
View of the Osaka bay under twilight.
View of the port of Kobe under twilight.
View of the Osaka bay at night.
View of the Kobe city at night.
The lighting inside the cable cas has a weird green hue.
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