Kansai 関西 - Kobe 神戸 | Kyoto 京都 | Nara 奈良

[Vapour]

I'm starting threads featuring Japan's major cities to gather all those great pics we've been posting in different topics in just one. So feel free to repost here these pictures. Also, key facts and historic overviews are welcome.

Let's start with these top quality pictures :cheers: All pics by Nori 2003 (c)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/13kobe_01.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/13kobe_-k2.jpg

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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/13kobe-skys7.jpg

[Matthieu]

Plz, is the Akashi Kaikyo bridge in Kobe?

[Vapour]

Originally posted by LeChacal

Plz, is the Akashi Kaikyo bridge in Kobe?

Yep, very near to Kobe (Akashi city)

[Matthieu]

Originally posted by Vapour

Yep, very near to Kobe (Akashi city)

Thanks

[TYW]

there's some unusual looking buildings there. they're cool though;)

[Nick]

I coundnt of done a better job myself.

Great pictures of Kobe.

I go down there to pig out at the seafood buffee in Mosaque.Great food and very cheap at around 40 US dollars.

[Mercury]

kobe looks amazing.... i didn't know it had so many buildings...
amazing port it must be...

[Draff]

The following pics are of Kobe chinatown:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/tsong/misc/7.jpg

http://www3.sympatico.ca/tsong/misc/8.jpg

And taken from mosaic town:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/tsong/misc/4.jpg

[dom]

I really like Kobe, especially the beef! lol.

Seriously, getting away to Kobe from the metropolis that is Osaka is seriously refreshing, you can smell the sea air, its cleaner and has a great waterfront. Around Sannomiya the nightlife is really buzzy without being overwhelming. If i was to live in Japan long term i would stay in Kobe.

[Nick]

Dom

Kobe is a great city.Close to water.Ive been living in Osaka for over 5 years now.I never go there.Ive been in the area about 10 times during this period.Mostly for work.I mainly pass through on the Hanshin expressway to get to the breathtaking Seto(inland sea) coastline between Ako and Okayama.

When I do go there I always pop into the 'Mosaic shopping center'.They have a great seafood buffee for about 4,000 Yen(40 dollars US).A bargin!!!!!!!!!!!.The choice is unbelievable.Lobster,Crab,Trout,etc...............................

[KaiNan]

Nice buildings.

[Marco Bruno]

:cool:

[GUTO4EVER]

Wow Kobe is so impressive than Tokyo...

[elee]

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/47/43/enjoyjapan_12/48000/47821.png
Another Kobe photo! :cheers:

[gma]

asashi kaikyo bridge
http://www.geocities.jp/kyotokyo100/kobe111.jpg

[Fragmentor]

great! some lovely waterfront pics there..

[loco]

:okay: What A Buildings,just Amazing.great City.
Natural Scenery Is Great Too,those Mountains Have A Great Density Of Trees :okay: :okay: :okay:

[Karayar]

Whether or not Ojiya City, too, has become so ･･････

[icy]

I like the pics.I hope one day I can visit Japan

[Vapour]

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/ijinkan/ijinkan001.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/portisland/portpia/pia_014.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/portisland/kitakoen/kita_004.JPG

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/fruit_flower/fruit004.JPG

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http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/shinrinshokubutuen/shinrin_005.jpg

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http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/taisanji/taisanji01.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/nunobikihabuen/nunobikihabuen001.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/nunobikihabuen/nunobikihabuen011.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/portisland/minamikoen/minami_002.JPG

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/sourakuen/sourakuen001.jpg

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http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/sourakuen/sourakuen010.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/venus/binasu003.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/nankinmachi/nankin_002.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/rokko_garden/rokko_003.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/tigers/tigers009s2.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/dezomeshiki/dezomeshiki002.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/yosakoi/yosakoi2003_011.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/maiko/maiko_station/station_002.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/marinpia/tarumi006.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/sumarikyuu/rikyu_002.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/okusumakouen/sakura/okusuma_sakura_007.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/sumadera/sumadera002.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/sumadera/sumadera006.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/sumadera/sumadera003.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/kaijinja/kaijinja009p.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/portisland/kitakoen/kita_006.JPG

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/cityoffice/kobe_shiyakusho_008.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/akashi_bridge/view/013.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/akashi_bridge/bridge_003.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/maiko/park/park_010.jpg

http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/touroku/photo/1125-photo.jpg

http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/touroku/photo/168-photo.jpg

Sources:
http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/site_information/index.htm
http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/

[bb0pg13]

i love japanese pavement markings.. so clean

[Sen]

i didn't know there are so many western buidlings in japan..COOL..

what chinese dialects do they speak in Japan's Chinatowns?

[Vapour]

^ I don't know :cry: But I like Yokohama's chinatown, yummy :drool:

[Tk101]

Me too Yokohama has a great china town. wish i can go and see it in person.

[KaiNan]

Wonderful.

[Colonel]

Himeji Castle (White Heron Castle) in Himeji, Hyogo

http://www.amagaeru.com/go/sbt/jigsaw/lineup_img/e/1000/11_069.jpg


In 1601 Terumasa Ikeda started digging three moats around the castle building and completed the whole castle complex as it is in 1609.

http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a5_himeji/images/hc03b.jpg





http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/nakaharima/himeji_castle/himeji_003.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/nakaharima/himeji_castle/himeji_018.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/nakaharima/himeji_castle/himeji_024.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/nakaharima/himeji_castle/himeji_025.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/nakaharima/himeji_castle/sakura/himejijou_sakura_010.jpg

http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/nakaharima/himeji_castle/sakura/himejijou_sakura_019.jpg

[krull]

^ Wow that is really cool.

[Vapour]

Himeji-jo is a must-see :yes:

[demanjo]

That last photo is breath-taking.

[dannykylaw]

The world longest bridge is splendid. So, beautiful and amazing!
Wow...........!

[dannykylaw]

^ I don't know :cry: But I like Yokohama's chinatown, yummy :drool:


I've been Chinese town for many times during the stay in Tokyo.
I liked the port near 中華街。

[Mosaic]

Oh! I am stunned by The Akashi Kaikyo mega bridge.

[Wagahai]

Enjoy fellas, that's a REAL webfind

http://rokkomichi.com/view.php?dir=gokinjo/2004/1024

[Vapour]

Enjoy fellas, that's a REAL webfind

http://rokkomichi.com/view.php?dir=gokinjo/2004/1024

:drool:

Thanks Wagahai :)

[FROM LOS ANGELES]

cool.

[Karl McF]

Hello I have seen theose pictures of the view of Kope.
Ten when the city was damage by large quake. Over 500,000 building were burt on the ground. Iam amazened how quickly the japaees goverment built up the city all together again.

By the way very nice view. :) :) :) :) :) :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

[deëpdïsh]

Japan allways amazing me

[sharpie20]

everything looks really nice!

[Wagahai]

From the modern Kyoto Station Bldg.: Toji Temple (on the left)
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3566316533306665.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3236313636623937.jpg

On the way to the Kiyomizu-Dera Temple
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6130656537356135.jpg
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"I wish to find someone like Wagahai"...Praying Beauty
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The traditional Gion-district, where still many "tea houses" are located
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6537646163363138.jpg
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The main shopping street Shijo (= 4th axis) : The "Minamiza"-Kabuki-Theater
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6538313739653236.jpg
Belle Epoque
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3030626536646364.jpg
Busy scene at the crossing Shijo/Kawaramachi
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3338343934646666.jpg
Shijo/Karasuma
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3466626565636137.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3932313163356163.jpg
Traditional Restaurants near the Kamogawa-River
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6561633961316561.jpg
In the side streets:
Weird commercial architecture
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6561366266653863.jpg
A shrine in a shopping street
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3733333164626134.jpg
In the evening: Traditional architecture in the east of the Kamogawa
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3236393863626430.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3366333136666263.jpg

Postcard-like: "Kinkakuji", the "golden Pavillon" in the northwest
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6632396564393435.jpg

[Wagahai]

From Shin-Kobe Oriental Hotel: Downtown Sannomiya
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3939613839336635.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3837613064373730.jpg

From the north-east
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3965613639303131.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6433643030663931.jpg
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Rokko Island, Osaka in the background
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3733323465343833.jpg

From Maya-san: Sannomiya, Port Island, the new Kobe Airport behind
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6364333131303230.jpg

From Kitanocho
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6164656531343433.jpg

From Shisho-yama
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6438393665393236.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6362626661653564.jpg

From Port Island: Sannomiya
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3737316330613061.jpg

From Boeki Center Bldg.: Mountains
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3235666332316438.jpg

[Ookido]

Kyoto is the most beautiful city in Japan!

[Wagahai]

Downtown Sannomiya, "Flower Road", Kobe City Hall on the right
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3631666531666639.jpg
Shopping
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3964376230633266.jpg
Still Kobe's most beautiful Skyscraper: Shin-Kobe Oriental Hotel (158m)
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3838353739346661.jpg
After rebuilding after the earthquake 1995, the Ex-Union church is now used by the old German bakery "Freundlieb"
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3033396534346431.jpg
Sannomiya
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3535636639326461.jpg
To remember the 6000 victims of the earthquake 1995: The annual "Luminarie"
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6339306461643033.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6133393366653234.jpg
A piece of Shanghai: old trading houses next to skyscapers in the former district for western traders ("Kyuu Kyoryuchi")
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6539626364333063.jpg
Japans 2nd biggest China-Town after Yokohama: Nanking-machi
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3433353433383163.jpg
Mikage St. (Hankyu Railways) in the eastern part of the city
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3763623033393966.jpg
Typical scenery for Kobe with slope
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6437356135363037.jpg
I' d like to live here...
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3034633737646334.jpg

Walk through Kitanocho, the former district for western residentials, nowadays one of the great sightseeing spots

Jewish community
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3232616636363138.jpg
Tourists...
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3632616235623031.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3230323864376633.jpg
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Residences for the richer ones near Sumiyoshi St., in the east
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3336323061333439.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6133396130326366.jpg

[shotgun x]

Took these pics while in Sannomiya last weekend. Kinda cold so hurried shots only. lol.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3878/img00644ft.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7725/img00385md.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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[shotgun x]

More pics
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/6094/img01473wi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/2145/img01216jv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/2093/img01339og.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[shotgun x]

I love the cakes/pastries/coffee shops in Kobe...great for the winter chill. lol
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/4514/dsc17998jg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/6424/dsc17989ch.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/7994/dsc17913zh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[shotgun x]

I don't like the long winter though.... 2 more months before spring comes.
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/5639/img00950nv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I heard the 55% of LV sales are from Japanese.. LV store as ubiquitous as Starbucks coffee..lol
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/710/img00818by.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[shotgun x]

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/7373/img00177st.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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[shotgun x]

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/690/img00799cy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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[Tk101]

nice pics... very nice

[shotgun x]

Thanks Tk101..

Kobe Harborland at Night
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4720/dsc41264zo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[shotgun x]

Rokko Mountain view from Rugby field of Rokko Island
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8917/dsc40959ql.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Tk101]

your welcome...i really like the Kobe Harborland at Night scene...almost a classic

[blue_milkyway88]

hello,everyone I'm from Viet Nam glad to join in this forum
I'm very attractive in Japan expecially KanSai airport , does anyone post some pictures of this airport for me

[mannix_10]

The almighty Akashi Bridge
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5315/v6000160ef.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7847/sv6000438fq.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4862/v6000402fn.jpg

[mannix_10]

One more from a different......eerie day

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1990/dh0000499hm.jpg

[shotgun x]

Nice pics.. thanks for sharing. I was in Akashi last week for driving test.

[mannix_10]

Oh for real? The driving centre with all the circuits and stuff? Yeh I lived up near there in Arise....concrete jungle

[Silicon Francisco]

I heard alot of ex-pats like Kobe, how come? Looks good in pics.

[pierre-laurent]

i like old kyoto's atmosphere, it sounds so quiet.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5723/takasegawaflatboatbg1024jl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)(originally from "alive in kyoto")

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6447/20050831dsc4348kyototq7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[castermaild55]

Oumi-hachiman city, Shiga prefecture

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061030116213764752046700.gif


http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061030116213645027011000.jpg

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[castermaild55]

kyoto, ine town

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061022116152426842186900.jpg

http://apple3.cool.ne.jp/kinki/kyoto/0306208.jpg

http://apple3.cool.ne.jp/kinki/kyoto/0306183.jpg

http://apple3.cool.ne.jp/kinki/kyoto/0306221.jpg

[castermaild55]

a Kyoto street..

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061021116144278267031200.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061021116144271734073200.jpg

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[castermaild55]

嵯峨(saga), Kyoto

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061016116094763808817000.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061016116094758156521400.jpg

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http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061016116094761726662400.jpg

[castermaild55]

ohmi-Hachiman(2)


William Merrell Vories

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~v-c/Grpfile/shouzou.gif
William Merrell Vories (October 28, 1880 - May 7, 1964) was an architect born in the USA who worked mainly in Japan. He was also one of the founders of "ヴォーリズ合名会社" (later "近江兄弟社") widely selling Mentholatum in Japan.

Later Dr. William Merrell Vories married a Japanese woman 一柳満喜子 and became a naturalized citizen of Japan with the name of Hitotsuyanagi (一柳).

He was born in Kansas, KS, USA, in 1880, graduated from Colorado College in 1904, and came to Japan in 1905 as an Engish teacher with an intention to engage in mission work among the Japanese. Through YMCA activities in Japan he got acquainted with many American and Japanese people and built houses, churches, schools, hospitals, YMCAs and more on their requests. His buildings and houses both well-designed as well as comfortable to live in　have been loved by the Japanese very much.

He also loved music very much, making carols and introducing the Hammond Organ into Japan.

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~v-c/englishversion/eindex.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Merrell_Vories

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BA

His works in ohmi-hachiman
http://sano567.web.infoseek.co.jp/SHIGARETORO/vo-rizu/index.htm

[vtower]

Kyoto is a lovely city. There are many foreign tourists, too. :)

[castermaild55]

Kiyomizu temple....again:lol:

http://sea.ap.teacup.com/nikkeif/img/1165237976.jpg

A restaurant over a river, in Kurama
Let's have an Enkai party

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/pplace/3000/20061203116508039291394500.jpg

[LordMarshall]

all the pics are amazing :)

[xiaoluis]

Realmente hermoso, muy lindo Vapour.

[auckland16]

lovely city !! :)

[godblessbotox]

those water front houses are fantastic. i would love to visit there

[Renato Leao]

I am new member aroud here
hello averybody

[Renato Leao]

how can I do to send photos???

[Renato Leao]

:cheers: vamos começar a mostrar os predios
lets see news building aroud

[Renato Leao]

here I will show you the list of tallest buildings in Kobe City
15
117m made in 1984
ワールド本社
所在地 　神戸市中央区港島中町六丁目
階数 　地上27階、地下1階
建物高さ 　最高部117m
敷地面積 －
建築面積 　－
延床面積 　34,844㎡
建築主 　ワールド
設計者 竹中工務店
施工者 　竹中工務店
着工 　－
竣工 　1984年2月

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/kobe13.JPG

[Renato Leao]

14 -
名称 　ＮＴＴ西日本神戸中央ビル
所在地 　神戸市中央区海岸通
階数 　地上24階、塔屋1階、地下3階
建物高さ 　最高部118.15m
敷地面積 4,617㎡
建築面積 　1,235㎡
延床面積 　29,535㎡
建築主 　西日本電信電話
設計者 NTTファシリティーズ
施工者 　鹿島建設、清水建設、大林組、その他ＪＶ
着工 　1997年10月
竣工 　2000年01月17日

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-118ntt.JPG

[Renato Leao]

14 -
名称 　ＮＴＴ西日本神戸中央ビル
所在地 　神戸市中央区海岸通
階数 　地上24階、塔屋1階、地下3階
建物高さ 　最高部118.15m
敷地面積 4,617㎡
建築面積 　1,235㎡
延床面積 　29,535㎡
建築主 　西日本電信電話
設計者 NTTファシリティーズ
施工者 　鹿島建設、清水建設、大林組、その他ＪＶ
着工 　1997年10月
竣工 　2000年01月17日

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-118ntt.JPG

[Renato Leao]

ol

[Renato Leao]

13 -
名称 　キャナルタウン・ウエスト
所在地 　兵庫県神戸市兵庫区駅南通五丁目
階数 　地上37階、塔屋2階、地下1階
建物高さ 　最高部118.55m、軒高106.55m
敷地面積 26,623㎡（施設全体）
建築面積 　1,168㎡
延床面積 　27,173㎡
総戸数 　300戸
建築主 　住宅・都市整備公団
設計者 鹿島建設
施工者 　鹿島建設、日本国土開発、浅沼建設ＪＶ
着工 　1996年12月26日
竣工 　1999年07月08日
入居開始 　－
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-118cana-w.JPG

[Renato Leao]

12 -
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-118cana-c.JPG
名称 　キャナルタウン・中央
所在地 　兵庫県神戸市兵庫区駅南通五丁目
階数 　地上34階、塔屋1階、地下1階
建物高さ 　最高部118.75m
敷地面積 　8,099㎡
建築面積 　4,878㎡
延床面積 　30,782㎡
総戸数 　204戸
建築主 　神戸市住宅供給公社
設計者 　日建設計、日建ハウジングシステム、熊谷組
　長谷工コーポレーション
施工者 　熊谷組、長谷工コーポレーション、鉄建建設JV
着工 　－
竣工 　1997年10月
入居開始 　－

[Renato Leao]

11 -
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/kobe9.JPG
名称 　ＲＩＣセントラルタワー
所在地 　神戸市東灘区向洋町中五丁目
階数 　地上32階、地下1階
建物高さ 　最高部120m
敷地面積 　－
建築面積 　－
延床面積 　89,717㎡
建築主 　六甲アイランド開発、積水ハウス、アーバンライフ
設計者 　板倉建築研究所大阪事務所
施工者 　鹿島建設
着工 　－
竣工 　1992年8月
入居開始 　1992年9月
コメント 　六甲アイランドの超高層棟のなかで４番目の高さですが、一番色鮮やかです。外観も住居棟とは思えないユニークなデザインです。

[Renato Leao]

10 -
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-122ro1.JPG
名称 　ウェルブ六甲道１番街
所在地 　神戸市灘区肥後町五丁目
階数 　地上33階、塔屋2階、地下2階
建物高さ 　最高部122.4m
敷地面積 7,008㎡
建築面積 　5,934㎡
延床面積 　45,654㎡
総戸数 　166戸
建築主 　神戸市都市整備公社
設計者 安井建築設計事務所
施工者 　大林組、前田建設 工業、新井組、東亜建設ＪＶ
着工 　－
竣工 　2003年09月
入居開始 　－
コメント 　ＪＲ六甲道駅の駅南前にあります。この周辺は阪神大震災で壊滅的打撃を受け、ＪＲ六甲道駅も倒壊しました。 １番街は西側になります。

[Renato Leao]

09 -
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/kobe8.JPG
名称 　ウエストコート３番街
所在地 　神戸市東灘区向洋町五丁目
階数 　地上38階、地下1階
建物高さ 　最高部123.2m
敷地面積 　13,751㎡
建築面積 　－
延床面積 　41,243㎡
建築主 　六甲アイランド開発、積水ハウス、アーバンライフ
設計者 　三井建設
施工者 　三井建設、前田建設工業JV
着工 　1990年12月
竣工 　1993年6月
入居開始 　1993年6月
コメント 　４棟の超高層ビルのなかで北西にあるのがウエストコート３番街です。北側に盛り土のある六甲アイランド公園があります

[Renato Leao]

08 -
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/kobe7.JPG
名称 　Ｐ＆Ｇ日本本社
所在地 　神戸市東灘区向洋町中一丁目
階数 　地上31階、地下1階
建物高さ 　最高部131.4m
敷地面積 　－
建築面積 　－
延床面積 　42,892㎡
建築主 　積水ハウス
設計者 　竹中工務店
施工者 　竹中工務店
着工 　－
竣工 　1993年6月
オープン 　－
コメント 　プロクター・アンド・ギャンブルの日本本社です。外資系の会社らしく外観が非常にユニークです。六甲アイランドは六甲ライナー沿いに かなりの長い距離で人工の川があるリバーモールが整備されていてリゾート地のような雰囲気があ ます。浅いので泳げませんが夏場にはプール状態になります（笑）。外国系学校も多く日本ではないような錯覚を受けることがあります。

[Renato Leao]

07 -
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/kobe6.JPG
名称 　神戸市役所・１号館
所在地 　神戸市中央区加納町六丁目
階数 　地上30階、地下3階
建物高さ 　最高部132m
敷地面積 　－
建築面積 　－
延床面積 　54,398㎡
建築主 　神戸市
設計者 　神戸市住宅局営繕部、日建設計
施工者 　竹中工務店、その他ＪＶ
着工 　1987年1月
竣工 　1989年8月
オープン 　－
コメント 　阪神大震災で三宮一帯のビルが壊滅的な被害を受けましたが、市役所１号館は無事でした。隣接する２号館（北庁舎）が壊滅的被害を受けたのとは対照的でした。完成時は日本一高い地方自治体の庁舎でした。

[Renato Leao]

6 -
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-135ookura.JPG
名称 　ホテル・オークラ神戸
所在地 　神戸市中央区波止場町
階数 　地上35階、地下2階
建物高さ 　最高部135m
敷地面積 　30,000㎡
建築面積 　12,861㎡
延床面積 　64,192㎡
建築主 　三井物産、ホテルオークラ
設計者 　観光企画設計社
施工者 　鹿島建設、大成建設、大林組ＪＶ
着工 　1987年
竣工 　1989年05月
オープン 　1989年06月22日
コメント 　ホテル御三家の一つが神戸に進出するということで話題になりました。当初 の計画ではツインタワーでしたが、２棟目を建設する前にバブルが崩壊して中止になりました。メリケンパークのすぐ近くにあります。

[Vapour]

Welcome to the forum Renato Leao.

[kiku99]

many nice photos here guys.:okay:

[Renato Leao]

5 - http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-135kawasaki.JPG
名称 　神戸クリスタルタワー
所在地 　神戸市中央区東川崎一丁目
階数 　地上32階、塔屋1階、地下2階
建物高さ 　最高部135m
敷地面積 　5,679㎡
建築面積 　2,315㎡
延床面積 　57,066㎡
建築主 　川崎重工業、川重不動産、日本生命
設計者 　日建設計、鹿島建設
施工者 　鹿島建設、竹中工務店、大林組、西松建設、鴻池組ＪＶ
着工 　1991年04月
竣工 　1993年08月
オープン 　1993年09月09日
コメント 　ＪＲ神戸駅の目の前にあります。 全国でいろいろビルを撮影しましたが、超高層の中ではこのビルが一番青空と一体化してカメレオンみたいに境目が分りにくいです。

[Renato Leao]

enjoy !!!
Next time I will up more

[ALKUN]

I LOVE THIS PICTURE.
JAPAN HAS A GREAT HISTORY.






http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/photo/kobe/sumadera/sumadera003.jpg

[JEANS-JEANS]

Himeji-jo is very beautifull!

I like Kyoto ,because the earliest novel in the world-----<源氏物语>......

[Saigoneseguy]

Where are those projects located? :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/426759871_55619af3fa.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/426759887_932378aa3d.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/426759858_87575f32d1.jpg

I love Japan, everything is so neat and in order.

[Nobunaga73]

>SaiGoNeseKiD
Shouldn't these pics be on the Osaka thread? That third pic looks like "The Tower Osaka" construction site, taken from perhaps the Mitsui Nakanoshima Park Tower? Second is the same site from street level, looking north.

[Saigoneseguy]

Oh thank you, my dad took these pictures in late 2006 and i'm not sure where they were!

[Blackraven]

Thread bump update:

It looks like Kobe is also having a mini construction boom of its own. Out of which, five upcoming projects have caught my eye and these are the ff:

1) Suma Coast Tower
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-115suma.JPG

2) City Tower Gran - Suma Takatori
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-96takatori.JPG
http://www.ctg30.com/landplan/img/01.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/landplan/img/04.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/landplan/img/05.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/landplan/img/06.jpg

3) Kobe Art Center building
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-132shinkobe.JPG
http://www.art-center.jp/bukken/image/gaiyou.jpg

4) TYT: Tor Yamate Tower ~The Kobe Tower~
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-123yamate.JPG
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/sky_p1.jpg
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/renovation_map.jpg

5) G-CLEF Shin Kobe Tower
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-125shinkoube.JPG
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-125shinkoube3.JPG
http://www.shinkobe.com/concept/img/concept_img09.jpg
http://www.shinkobe.com/showroom/img/img5.jpg

These are just five of the new "EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT" residential buildings that will be put up in Kobe that comply with the newest earthquake-resistant technologies that Japan has to offer.

Also, since these are new buildings, then these are what you can expect from the interior and from the rooms mainly. World-class living will now be available to the people of Kobe.

http://www.shinkobe.com/view/img/view_img01.jpg
http://www.shinkobe.com/view/img/view_img02.jpg
http://www.shinkobe.com/view/img/view_img03.jpg
http://www.shinkobe.com/showroom/img/model2.jpg
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/model2_p1.jpg
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/model2_p2.jpg
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/model_p1.jpg
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/model_p2.jpg
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/model_p2b.jpg
http://www.kobe35.jp/img/model_p4.jpg
http://www.art-center.jp/bukken/image/h2living.jpg
http://www.art-center.jp/bukken/image/N%20type.jpg
http://www.art-center.jp/bukken/image/Xtype.jpg
http://www.art-center.jp/bukken/image/Ptype.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/gallery/img/b_07.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/gallery/img/b_05.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/gallery/img/a_07.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/gallery/img/a_04.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/gallery/img/a_02.jpg
http://www.ctg30.com/gallery/img/a_01.jpg

Yup, it can be said that with these towers, the opportunity for the people of Kobe (and also residing foreigners) to live in world-class residential buildings is now becoming a reality.

And it will all happen before the decade ends (well before year 2010)

:cheers1:

[Chop]

amazing buildings. i love the inside. really luxurious.
They've got an amazing view.

[하얀OOgom]

All Japanese buildings and urban environment look so clean. I can only hope Korea could like as clean as Japan, though Korea is not that far behind.

[Grams]

In Japanese, we called it like Oku syon、おくしょん or 億ション means a gorgeous mansion with over one million dollars of the cost for one home.

[Renato Leao]

how is the tower in Mikague???

[Nikkodemo]

Oh my god!

Japanese people are working hardly to develop their cities..!!!

Greetings from Mexico!

Arigato!

[shinjimomo]

I love how Kobe is, just between the sea and the mountains, and its very dense.
I'm thinking about go to Kobe and stay for 2 days, could somebody tell me some interesting places to go? I also would like to have a view of the whole region, from a tall place...maybe a mountain? If anybody knows any place, help me please :)

[alvi]

I love how Kobe is, just between the sea and the mountains, and its very dense.
I'm thinking about go to Kobe and stay for 2 days, could somebody tell me some interesting places to go? I also would like to have a view of the whole region, from a tall place...maybe a mountain? If anybody knows any place, help me please :)

You are spoilt for choice really; in the morning, take the Portliner round Port Island;

http://www.feel-kobe.jp/english/sightseeing/island.html

for an afternoon and evening you could go to Sannomiya station, walk down the Motomachi shotengai, go round Chinatown and end up at Harborland Mosaic for an evening meal.

http://www.feel-kobe.jp/english/sightseeing/harbor.html

Tall places? Port Tower is a venerable viewpoint to see the harbour. Both Rokko-san and Maya-san have ropeway access; my favourite is not so high; Nunobiki herb garden.

http://www.feel-kobe.jp/english/sightseeing/kitano25.html

go in the afternoon, walk down thru the garden from the top station; after you walk thru the glasshouses there is a lovely tea shop with a balcony where you can sit and drink herbal teas and watch the lights come up over Osaka Bay


There are better websites that those mentioned; it's just what I found in a hurry; google the terms. Or ask Maki-chan, she's in that area.

Enjoy it; try the cakes, Kobe specialise in European cakes....

[shinjimomo]

Thank you alvi! I really apreciate your advices :)
Hope i can go as soon as possible(as soon as i have money)

[zeroyon]

I was in Japan all last year, and I spent a lot of my time in Kobe. It really is a great city.

I don't think many people realize though how far the city has come since that fateful day in 1995. Take a look at this video, it shows parts of kobe during late january 1995, and compares them to today. It is almost unbelievable how much kobe has recovered, and how fast it recovered.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgyiP6Umwo4

I was especially suprised when I visited the house of a friend of mine, who lives in Nagata ward of Kobe. Back in 1995, the scope of destruction in nagata was so bad that it looked like someone dropped an atomic bomb on it. Now, you can't even tell something happened there at all.

Here is Nagata ward from January, 1995:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=835roLztun0

Completely crazy to believe that was only 12 years ago.

[joburg]

I am going to Kansai in early January. I can't wait after seeing these photos! Was not planning to make a trip to Kobe, but will definitely be taking the shinkansen down there for a bit.

We will be staying in Nara. Are there any photos of Nara? Nara looks like a lovely city too!

[jeff Chang]

Beautiful

[shinjimomo]

Kobe on December 30

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2067/2152233776_ce60cefeff_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2152233934_c42cd54633_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2151441511_86591dee7c_b.jpg

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[Vapour]

shinjimomoさん, thanks a lot for the pics. We haven't seen many of those angles, that's a great collection indeed :)

[shotgun x]

Kobe Harborland by Moonlight (11/05/2007)
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/710/kobegp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[shotgun x]

Kobe (Dec 02, 2007)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2528/harborlandwebal4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2528/harborlandwebal4.08ed54aa61.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=521&i=harborlandwebal4.jpg)

[Fat Blue]

Cool pics

[ikari]

Shotgun, beautiful shots!!
I love Kobe tower *_*

[Vapour]

I'm going to Kobe for a couple of days during the golden week, any suggestions off the beaten path?

[Hanshin-Tigress]

wakayama castle :)
http://www.city.wakayama.wakayama.jp/english/images/wakayamajo.jpg
https://www.jalpak.com/e_news/e_news_vol9/wakayama_spring.jpg

[coldstar]

I'm going to Kobe for a couple of days during the golden week, any suggestions off the beaten path?
I'm going to Nagano at the beginning of the golden week, to give a hearty welcome to the Olympic torch, like LONDON.:lol::lol:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44543000/jpg/_44543959_wembley_ap416.jpghttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44544000/jpg/_44544377_whitehall_getty416.jpg

[castermaild55]

coldstar, Do you know who designed that flag?

Hanshin-Tigress, I really want to go to Mt.koya

[Hanshin-Tigress]

I'm going to Nagano at the beginning of the golden week, to give a hearty welcome to the Olympic torch, like LONDON.:lol::lol:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44543000/jpg/_44543959_wembley_ap416.jpghttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44544000/jpg/_44544377_whitehall_getty416.jpg

:lol:
中国への抗議　大阪編

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GOMjh8xGuKE

[Hanshin-Tigress]

coldstar, Do you know who designed that flag?

Hanshin-Tigress, I really want to go to Mt.koya

高野山?


Moun koya temple wakayama kansai (kinki) region :)
http://travellingboard.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mount-koya-temple.jpg

http://www.hoffmann.caltech.edu/PlacesVisited/html0001/images/Rock%20Garden%20Koyasan%20Japan%202001.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Okunoin_Cemetery%2C_Koyasan%2C_Japan.JPG/800px-Okunoin_Cemetery%2C_Koyasan%2C_Japan.JPG

http://bemused.typepad.com/bemused/images/2007/10/11/koyasan_view_2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/A_statue_in_Okunoin_cemetery.jpg/800px-A_statue_in_Okunoin_cemetery.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Tokugawa_Mausoleums%2C_Koyasan%2C_Japan.JPG/800px-Tokugawa_Mausoleums%2C_Koyasan%2C_Japan.JPG

http://www.hikejapan.com/graphics/tours%202008/27.%20Sunset%20from%20Amakashi%20no%20Oka%20in%20Asuka%20.JPG

http://travellingboard.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mossy-statuesjapan.jpg

http://www.japan-guide.com/g4/4900_01.jpg

http://www.thevisualrecord.com/photos/travel/japan/japan0030.jpg

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/47/08/23460847.jpg

http://www.jaywye.com/wp-images/japan2006/dsc_4445_koyasan_statue_500.jpg

Some Autumn color
http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/koyasan01.jpg
Winter
http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/english/img_top/koyasan.jpg

:okay:

[coldstar]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tibet.svg/800px-Flag_of_Tibet.svg.png


coldstar, Do you know who designed that flag?



Of COURSE I KNOW!!

Tibetan national flag was designed by a Japanese !


Bunkyo Aoki (青木文教) was a Buddhist monk and scholor of Ryukoku University in Kyoto. He was dispatched to Tibet and stayed at Lhasa in 1910s for studying the Tibetan Buddhism.
He deeply felt compassion towards the Tibetan people and admired its great religion as most Japanese do.
Finally, he made friends with His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama there, and was asked for the design of Tibetan national flag by His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama. Then, the national flag of Tibet was introduced in 1912 by the 13th Dalai Lama officially.
The flag is called '雪山獅子旗 (snow mountain and lions) and one of the most beautiful flags on earth without any doubt.

BTW, I myself have been to Tibet several years ago. Since then, I've always been for the Tibetan people. Really great people!!!

[coldstar]

:lol:
中国への抗議　大阪編

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GOMjh8xGuKE

not such a big deal. We're really looking forward to Nagano!!

BTW, the 14th Dalai Lama is coming to Japan this WEEK again. (on the way to the United States from India).

[coldstar]

Today's Yahoo (Japan) News:
More than 78 % of Japanese say we should definitely boycott this Olympic.

[coldstar]

高野山?


Moun koya temple wakayama kansai (kinki) region :)
http://travellingboard.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mount-koya-temple.jpg



Mt.Koya (World Heritage) is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. It is heavily influenced by Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism.
http://www.geocities.jp/noharakamemushi/Koshaji/Sonota2/Zaoudou_3tai.jpg
http://www.reihokan.or.jp/syuzohin/hotoke/mandara/images/besson_butsugan.jpghttp://www.reihokan.or.jp/syuzohin/hotoke/mandara/images/besson_sonsyo.jpghttp://www.reihokan.or.jp/syuzohin/hotoke/mandara/images/besson_itiji.jpg

Ascetic monks of authentic Buddhism (not fake Buddhism ) are also protesting against tragedy in current Tibet.

[Vapour]

Please Coldstar, let's try to leave politics aside the forum ;)

[lumpia]

A few photos I took during my study year abroad in Japan. These go back to 2006-7.

Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/Kyoumizudera2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010096.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010109.jpg

View over Kyoto
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010106.jpg

Kawaramachi-dori, Kyoto
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010126.jpg

Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010427.jpg

Shoseien Garden, near Kyoto Station
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010332.jpg

At the Eisaa Matsuri in Taisho, Osaka
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010302.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010303.jpg

Autumn hills in Taishi-cho, minamikawachi district, Osaka Pref.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010513.jpg

Hirakata; where I was staying :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/anak_1/P1010137.jpg

[Hanshin-Tigress]

近畿地方は一番やで!!

[ikari]

^^僕もそう思ってる!
近畿地方最高!

[Sr.Horn]

Well! Kyoto is a fantastic city! probably, my favourite of Japan, it's the perfect mix of big city and ancient town with some county landscape near de center.

Thanks!

[lumpia]

近畿地方は一番やで!!True dat! All in all, I had too much fun in the Kansai area to even think of visiting other places. so weirdly enough, I must've been the only foreign student to visit Japan who had never been to Tokyo or Kyushu, and I spent close to a year there! :lol:

[Vapour]

:wave: from Kobe! This morning I explored the area around the Akashi-kaikyo brigde, woaaah that's what I call steel poetry :drool:

[Sr.Horn]

:wave: from Kobe! This morning I explored the area around the Akashi-kaikyo brigde, woaaah that's what I call steel poetry :drool:

Buen viaje!


いってらっしゃい! :lol:

[Hanshin-Tigress]

:wave: from Kobe! This morning I explored the area around the Akashi-kaikyo brigde, woaaah that's what I call steel poetry :drool:
(^-^*)/ｺﾝﾁｬ!
yea dont waste your time in kanto anymore :yes:

[christos-greece]

Kyoto skyline is nice :cheers:

[NegaSado]

:wave: from Kobe! This morning I explored the area around the Akashi-kaikyo brigde, woaaah that's what I call steel poetry :drool:

I missed this on my last trip. :(
The local train from Himeji to Osaka went by, so I could catch just a glimpse. It looked so massive!

[Vapour]

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/992/p1200946hc6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[Vapour]

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4838/p1200988be4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8339/p1210041dt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1575/p1210046mj3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Hanshin-Tigress]

^^久しぶりね。 何してた？
nice shoes ﾆｬﾝﾆｬﾝ｡ (=^･ｪ･^=)

[Vapour]

^you meant dirty shoes, right? :D 観光で行きました。

[Hanshin-Tigress]

はい。:shifty:

[Songoten2554]

wow the bridge looks very scenic and such yeah cool shoes too.

i heard this bridge was going to have the shinkansen i wonder what happened to that and is the shinkansen ever going to that part of japan?

looks like a beautiful day for a scenic route on the bridge and man its huge.

[christos-greece]

^^ Yeap, that bridge is very scenic...

[Afoort]

wow the bridge looks very beautiful

[flymordecai]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Hilos%20SSC/Kobe/P1210012.jpg

This house was designed by Tadao Ando I believe.

[Vapour]

^It was indeed.

[flymordecai]

^^ Don't you think it looks like a periscope? :D

[Vapour]

^It has a great panoramic view so that a periscope is a good metaphor :D

[flymordecai]

Yup, prime beachside property. Before I thought there was only one of those houses, but I guess the owner had the one on the right built. Either that or his neighbor bought Tadao Ando's design and had it inverted. :D

[japanese001]

神戸フラワーロード
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2208/kobekano08051rs9.jpg
神戸港
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5413/kobemidport0805uo9.jpg

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1175/kobefireworks08081ne8.jpg
神戸ポートアイランド
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5289/kobeportisland08051rz0.jpg

[shotgun x]

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2746/kobe2webnq5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[shotgun x]

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1597/kobewebmv1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Caduceo]

wow the bridge looks very beautiful and the city is great

[japanese001]

平城遷都千三百年祭

2010年を通じて奈良県で開催する平城遷都1300年祭について、県と平城遷都1300年記念事業協会は、事業計画を公表しました。パビリオンの建設は最小限に抑え、寺社など既存の観光資源と多様なイベントを組み合わせて観光客を呼び込みます。協会では860万人を集め、国内で2150億円の経済波及効果があると試算。奈良の観光産業てこ入れをします。

主会場となる国特別史跡、平城宮跡（奈良市）には駐車場も含めた六つの広場と体験学習施設、案内所や売店などを仮設で整備します。10年秋に催す記念祝典を中心に、古代儀礼の再現イベントや発掘などの体験イベントといった多様な催事を4月24日から11月14日まで展開。入場は無料で、イベントなどの一部を有料とします。

体験学習施設と国による大極殿正殿の復元（10年4月完成予定）のほかには、パビリオンは平城京の歴史を映像で再現する「平城京歴史館」（仮称）と、原寸大に復元する遣唐使船。どちらも史跡の範囲外に建設し、祭りの終了後も観光施設として活用を検討します。


１０年間掛けて復元中の大極殿正殿
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3513/dgd02da9.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3374/87200511616ix5.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/4845/2008092202282000001hz7.jpg

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http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6079/87200711401nn7.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6992/87200511609rv1.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/7748/87200511612tc0.jpg

[christos-greece]

神戸フラワーロード
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2208/kobekano08051rs9.jpg
神戸港
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5413/kobemidport0805uo9.jpg

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1175/kobefireworks08081ne8.jpg
神戸ポートアイランド
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5289/kobeportisland08051rz0.jpg
Awesome aerial pics but which city is it?

[Ryuhei]

It´s Kobe

[van-island]

Thread bump update:

It looks like Kobe is also having a mini construction boom of its own. Out of which, five upcoming projects have caught my eye and these are the ff:

1) Suma Coast Tower
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/kobe/kobe-115suma.JPG
:cheers1:

Wow. I lived on the 8th floor of that brown building to the left behind Suma Coast Tower (on the side facing the tower!) until last year - when I left it was nothing more than a hole in the ground.

Good thing I moved when I did; my whole view of the bay would be totally cut off by now.

It should also be noted that right behind the tower there are a number of residential homes who protested a huge tower being built right in front of them. They had protest signs up and down the street when I was there.

However considering it replaces a sea of concrete parking, it's tough to decide what is worse. And of course the land costs right across from the beach and near a new station are too high to simply sell it off for houses.

From when I lived there (pics are late 2006 early 2007):
http://my.photodump.com/chibaken/566cd450a3976fba-T.jpg (http://www.photodump.com/chibaken/566cd450a3976fba.JPG.html)
http://my.photodump.com/chibaken/ea65eae1de08a4c8-T.jpg (http://www.photodump.com/chibaken/ea65eae1de08a4c8.JPG.html)
http://my.photodump.com/chibaken/399b4cc2f916d039-T.jpg (http://www.photodump.com/chibaken/399b4cc2f916d039.jpg.html)

[japanese001]

京都市美術館
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5227/e00616942174676au5.jpg
京都国立博物館
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7985/pict0904bkokurituym6.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1930/a008017917365857yz2.jpg

[christos-greece]

It´s Kobe
Thanks... its gorgeous ^^^^

[aljuarez]

This project looks very cool! I would like to live there!
I especially like the images from the car/on foot/from a plane!

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u10/alejandrojuarezmunoz/FinderScreenSnapz313.png
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[bobbybishop]

Kobe is the most beautiful city in Japan imo :)

[coldstar]

copy of Ludwig's Neuschwanstein Castle completed in Himeji :nuts:

Himeji White Swan castle
it's so huge

monorail to the castle
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standing on the top of the hill
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BTW, this is Himeji Castle, (built in 1346), one of the most beautiful authetic castles in Japan (world heritage, of course)
aka, White Heron Castle
http://img01.kitaguni.tv/usr/akkesi1946/1s%E5%A7%AB%E8%B7%AF%E5%9F%8E.jpg
castle and Japanese cherry blossoms
http://starlight.la.coocan.jp/blog/images/DSC_00563.jpg

[ikari]

^^ Himeji Castle is the most beautiful castle in all Japan!! I love it *__*

[ImBoredNow]

Himeji White Swan castle is beautiful and it only looks better in the spring time with the cherry blossoms.

[Fox-Tale]

Meoto Iwa, Ise City, Mie

http://odekake.jalan.net/jog/content/photo/entry/0000/CS0000004415/photoAA/0000004415_0000015331_000000123940.jpg

The rocks represent husband and wife.
You will see the sun rising from behind Mt. Fuji(but tiny because it's far away).

[ikari]

^^ awesome shot!! *__*

[quashlo]

奈良

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3602815260_049465c251_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7591050@N06/3602815260/)

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姫路

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山陽電鉄本線

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/3602130037_cdd8d5e1b3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7591050@N06/3602130037/)

[Fox-Tale]

Nice shots! I like Nara.
The only problem is the deer come after you, trying to get food. They are calm usually, but suddenly become so aggressive once they notice your food.
Be careful...

[Skybean]

Nara is really charming. It's portrayed as a mystical place in the drama 鹿男あをによし (Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Shikaotoko_Aoniyoshi)). The deer really aren't afraid of people at all. I originally watched the drama for Ayase Haruka, but was also rewarded with beautiful scenes of Nara which surprised me with its serenity and beauty.

[quashlo]

京都　嵐山
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河原町
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鴨川
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3623692652_5155217f38_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7591050@N06/3623692652/)

[scorpiax]

Its nice how the city & outer suburbs are situated amongst all that natural beauty.

[Munichpictures1970]

Nice pictures, thx for sharing!

[japanese001]

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[japanese001]

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[shinjimomo]

These Kyoto streets are so charming!

[shinjimomo]

A panorama I found on Panoramio

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/16882478.jpg

Photo by lavista-w

[NihonKitty]

Here is a video I just made of Kyoto. These are my pictures ;)

Watch in hq ;)
WBsLLaQIrC4

[castermaild55]

hey kitty thanks.
choco is cute.

[Slavic Warrior]

Very nice!

[pause]

I am going to be visting Kobe next year, and I was just wondering what are the main attractions/sites that i can visit while i am there?

[S.T.Y AP]

すべての東部に：
あなたのサイトには、オリンピックは2016年には東京での投票に入力がありますか？
してくださいに投票すると、この名誉は、タイトルに値する。
日本はこのイベントのために準備されます。
私はブラジルですが、2016年に東京のルート。
投票いただき、ありがとうございます。

http://www.gamesbids.com/

[Vapour]

Kyoto.
Ponto-cho and Gion at night: top-notch eateries, classy atmosphere, a thousand pictures to be taken:

http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad325/djchuutoro/Kyoto/P1240602.jpg

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[silence.kit]

Man, I love those alleys.

[benKen]

http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/photo2/311/14851/1280-800.jpg


http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/photo2/389/14265/1280-1024.jpg


http://bluedawn.s334.xrea.com/pics/wsp/e/2009_02.jpg


http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/photo2/14/14148/1280-1024.jpg

[benKen]

http://bluedawn.s334.xrea.com/pics/wsp/e/2009_03.jpg


http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/photo2/389/13835/1280-800.jpg


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[benKen]

http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/photo2/389/13774/1280-800.jpg


http://www.yakei-kabegami.com/cgi-bin/photo2/389/13778/1280-800.jpg

[quashlo]

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