• Fall 2025: Japan
    View from the 'ropeway'.
    🤗This might be today's winning tree from a colors perspective...Part of our walkway down.Mid-mountain break. :)Another part of our downward path.Nunobiki Falks - OntakiAfter Nunobiki, we went to the Sorakuen Garden.In the middle of the city, the gardens have apparently been unchanged for over a century.The western homes area, ready for the holidays.Some of the homes had some rather unusual decorating.

    Kobe (Hyogo Prefecture) pt.1 of 2

    November 22, 2025 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

    Nice, long day in port today: arrived 8a, departed 11p. And we were blessed with beautiful weather.
    We started the day at the Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway. We essentially took a gondola ('ropeway') up to the top of Mount Rokko where there was a cool Christmas Market and then worked our way down on foot through the various gardens & displays.
    Mother Nature was on full display today.
    Once down the hill, we stopped at Kobe Kitano Ijinkan-Gai: a scenic area with western style homes that seems to just be an attraction rather than holding any history.    Read more