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.
Harbor Land
adjacent to kobe station. this is a modern shopping and dining area, developed on the edge of the kobe bay.
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.
Books
Junkudo
5th floor of jr sumiyoshi station. open daily 10 am to 9 pm. huge bookstore.
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.
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!