Kobe Osaka - Japan
Kobe is a bright, contemporary, cosmopolitan city set against the lush green backdrop of the Rokko mountains. Meriken Park with its modern-art installations and lawns are a short walk from the cruise terminal and the iconic Port Tower borders the park with it’s heart-stopping views from it’s upper deck.
Don’t miss Kitano-cho, a much-visited neighbourhood for its Ijinkan, Gothic Victorian stone houses built above the old city for foreign traders and diplomats. The interiors – Dutch, Chinese, English and Italian – are beautifully preserved.