{"id":11780,"date":"2010-12-22T19:37:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/12\/22\/hanging-about-chisun-hotel-kobe\/"},"modified":"2010-12-28T21:03:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T13:03:58","slug":"hanging-about-chisun-hotel-kobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/12\/22\/hanging-about-chisun-hotel-kobe\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1: Kobe – Chisun Hotel Kobe"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the reviews we\u2019d read of Japanese hotels pointed out to the relatively compact sizes of the rooms for most hotels short of the five star ones. So, at some level, we weren\u2019t too surprised when we checked-in to find ourselves in a room that\u2019s even smaller than our Rivervale bedroom:<\/p>\n

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Our maybe 6x3 metre room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To be fair; everything that we need is all there, and there are four necessities: a shower area, a bed, a water boiler, and Internet access (for me!). Some part of me though had still been secretly hoping though that the rooms were larger. The one I got at Kumamoto KKR \u2013 and this was a business hotel mind you with supposedly even smaller rooms \u2013 was far bigger and more luxurious than this. Still, the per room rate was even lower than what the booking site had suggested; for two nights, our confirmation email stated that the charges to be 15,000\u5186 \u2013 but we ended up paying 10,720\u5186.<\/p>\n

On the upside, the room\u2019s really cosy and we don\u2019t mind the fact that it\u2019s pretty small. It\u2019s actually quite a fun challenge to navigate ourselves and our luggage about in the room without having to climb over each other!<\/p>\n

We also went about exploring the immediate area around Chisun Hotel Kobe. There was a fairly large two-level supermarket situated just beside the hotel. Ling has already started eyeing the strawberries there!<\/p>\n

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Strawberries @ Life supermarket... and Ling is tempted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Various pasta and salad types. Yummy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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No green-tea kit-kat though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even for a relatively quieter and sleepy city like Kobe, there\u2019s no shortage of dining and eating places. You\u2019d totally spoiled for choice! There\u2019re eateries everywhere, and a lot of times we\u2019re just walking along roads and side streets looking at menus and trying to decide where to have our next meal. If only we could eat more than just that few times a day without ill-effect.<\/p>\n

We eventually settled lunch at Kobe station. There was a Kobe Food Terrace\u2019 foodcourt ‘of sorts inside the station, and Ling had her first taste of a Japanese eatery with what I\u2019d call quick input-output. Office workers queue up, order and get their food, find themselves a free seat, tuck in, and leave \u2013 all in 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

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No we didn't eat here for lunch.:)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ling taking a look at the options @ Kobe Food Terrace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lunch for 650\u5186.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As though lunch wasn\u2019t enough; on our way out, Ling picked up a donut snack that came in a one of those really cute packaging:<\/p>\n

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Ling going for donuts right after lunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She would have brought one from each tray if I didn't stop her!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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To keep wife happy, let her buy whatever snacks she wants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And Ling was especially looking forward to checking out those vending machines \u2013 which in themselves are ubiquitous throughout Japan.<\/p>\n

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Vending machines! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Corn in a can!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next post on our exploration of the Kitano district.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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