China has always been a part of Japan.
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Kobe’s Best Beef
Where you eat your beef in Japan is more important than where the cow lived or died.
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Like many places in Japan—and like Japan more broadly—Awaji is a lot bigger than it looks on the map.
Continue ReadingKobe is More Than Just an Amazing Day Trip
If you’re flexible about how many days in Kobe you can spend, the city and the rest of Hyogo prefecture will really come alive for you.
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Not everyone will have the time or inclination to visit the Akashi Fish Market, but if you do, you won’t leave disappointed.
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Apart from Awaji Island, Japan is not a country where I’ve ever seen anything given out for free.
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It was Labor Day weekend, and it definitely felt like the end of summer in Kobe.
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