MOSAIC
Kobeâs playground. there are restaurants, bars, a movie theatre, a shopping market, an amusement arcade and a little amusement park. harbour cruises are offered, some of which go as far as the akashi-kaikyo bridge.
KÅbe's shopping is clustered around the Sannomiya train station and the Center-Gai shopping arcade leading off from it. Many of the unassuming little cafes and specialty shops in the arcade in fact have histories tracing back well over a hundred years.
Piazza KÅbe ãã¢ã¶ç¥æ¸ and MotokÅ Town ã¢ãã³ã¼ã¿ã¦ã³ are the two names of essentially one long arcade where all manner of second-hand goods are sold. These stores are underneath the JR lines, running from Sannomiya station, past Motomachi Station, to KÅbe Station. Motoko sells a variety of things such as books, clothes, shoes, accessories, knives, lighters, toys...... You can get heaps of things.
Harbor Land
adjacent to kobe station. this is a modern shopping and dining area, developed on the edge of the kobe bay.
Books
Junkudo
7th floor of the big daiei building in front of sannomiya station. 078-252-0777. open daily 10 am to 9 pm. huge bookstore with big selection of english books and magazines.
Junkudo
5th floor of jr sumiyoshi station. open daily 10 am to 9 pm. huge bookstore.
Random Walk
(http://www.bookshop.co.jp...) center-gai shopping arcade close to motomachi station. 078-332-9200. open daily 10 am to 8 pm. wide selection of english books and magazines. no japanese books!