Kobe! And Train Station Lockers

So I finally left Kyoto this morning.  I don’t say that in a negative way. I had a ball in Kyoto and loved every minute of being there. I had just originally planned on being there one night.  I ended up staying four nights.

I hopped a train this morning to Hiroshima.  A little Googling on the Shinkansen 🚅 (wow.  Apple has s bullet train emoji.....I love it.  Arigato Steve Jobs) reminded me that I’d be passing through Kobe.  So I deduced to step off the train and hunt down a Kobe Beef restaurant.  I didn’t have TJ fo far as there was one, and turned out to be two, about 200 meters from the Kobe Station.

I ended up walking into the Kobe Beef Gallery.  I was searching for another restaurant and I’m glad I stumbled upon this one.  First class service.  UNBELIEVABLE beef.  And everything else that went along with the meal was incredible.

Lots of English speakers work there including what appeared to be the lead chef.  He and I talked the entire meal.  He told me about his travels, that another South Carolinian has been through there recently, and educated me a little more about Kobe Beef.  He was a really friendly and warm Japanese man.

The beef melted in my mouth after about four chews.  It was incredible.  So glad I stopped.

I saw some cable cars that went to the top of a mountain near the station and I decided against those.  Gotta leave a few things to do when I come back....next week.  Jk.  Or am I?

I am.

And I wish I wasn’t.

Oh and I discovered the magic of the train station locker.  Wow.  Game changer to be able to leave my big bag in the locker while enjoying some Kobe Beef.