After we gave up on the monk lifestyle, we took the shinkansen with our JR pass to get to Kobe fot the night!

Kobe harbor
Kobe is an harbor , not too big, a busy international city. There is even an old european quarter in the hill above the city, with very kitsch french and english shops and buildings!



at the bar

We ate the world famous Kobe beef in a classy restaurant with a chef who was cooking only for us in front of our eyes! That was the best meal ever in Japan! The meat is so tender! It's crazy, it just melts in your mouth :)
The Kobe beef is fed with sake and beer and given a hand massage every day! It's very expensive but it was worse it! Oishi desu!

More photos about Kobe here and here!